Author:

• Eveline Fronza da Silva - SILVA, Eveline Fronza da - Canoas, RS - Universidade Luterna do Brasil - <evelinefronza@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Iraci Lucena da Silva Torres - Torres, I.L.S. - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <iracitorres@gmail.com>
• Gabriela Laste - Laste, G. - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - <gabrielalaste@gmail.com>
• Vera Maria Vieira Paniz - Paniz, V.M.V. - São Leopoldo, RS - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - <vpvieira@terra.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

It was performed a cross-sectional study with elderly population in rural and urban areas characterize the prevalence of morbidity and symptoms. It was interviewed 229 elderly, the medium of age was 72.3 years, 57.2% lived in rural zone, 56.3% was female gender. The most related morbidities were insomnia (37.7%), anxiety (32.1%), depression (26.7%), and in rural zone it was diabetes (13.3%). In this zone, Alzheimer´s disease was more prevalent in elderly who used pesticides (21.7%). The symptoms more prevalent in residents of urban zone were: cough
unny nose and vision problem (41.2%), allergyitching (11.4%). In rural, dry mouth (25.4%), vision problem (35.6%) and leg pain (66.1%) were more prevalent who used pesticides too. The use of EPI in incomplete form was 85.4% and 45.1% discard packaging of pesticide in incorrect form. Development of health public programs is necessary to promote healthy for elderly and we consider possible exposure of pesticides for this population as a risk health determinant.

Keywords:

Aged; Health of the Elderly; Pesticides; Rural Population; Cross-Sectiona Studies.

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