Indicadores para monitoramento da saúde da pessoa idosa: revisão integrativa.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify indicators for monitoring the health of the elderly from the perspective of active ageing, as provided in the Política Nacional de Saúde da Pessoa Idosa - PNSPI (National Health Policy for Older Persons) and the Pacto pela Saúde (Pact for Health). A review of the literature was made, using the databases: LILACS, SCIELO and MEDLINE. One hundred and eighty-nine studies were identified and 14 were included in this review. A total of 22 health indicators were identified for monitoring the health conditions of the elderly population. Among the identified indicators, an indicator is related to demographics aspects; four are related to the use of health services, and twelve are related to the functional capacity of the elderly. All of them can be used for monitoring the health of the elderly population, in line with the guidelines of PNSPI and the Pacto pela Saúde (Pact for Health). It was noted the importance of using an appropriate set of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of health conditions of the elderly. For the indicators applied alone are limited for better analysis of the results achieved in the implementation of PNSPI. The surveys were more satisfactory data source for obtaining information about the functional capacity of the elderly. While providing a significant amount of data and information about the health of the elderly population, the National Systems of Information from the Department of Health, have greater focus on morbidity-mortality are not sufficient to take into consideration the specifities of the elderly from the perspective of successful ageing.