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Objective: Assess the content validity of the Elderly Health Assessment Tool with low education. Methods: The data collection instrument/questionnaire was prepared and submitted to an expert panel comprising four healthcare professionals experienced in research on epidemiology of aging. The experts were allowed to suggest item inclusion/exclusion and were asked to rate the ability of individual items in questionnaire blocks to encompass target dimensions as "not valid", "somewhat valid" or "valid", using an interval scale. Percent agreement and the Content Validity Index were used as measurements of inter-rater agreement; the minimum acceptable inter-rater agreement was set at 80%. Results: The mean instrument percent agreement rate was 86%, ranging from 63 to 99%, and from 50 to 100% between and within blocks respectively. The Mean Content Validity Index score was 93.47%, ranging from 50 to 100% between individual items. Conclusion: The instrument showed acceptable psychometric properties for application in geriatric populations with low levels of education. It enabled identifying diseases and assisted in choice of strategies related to health of the elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Diabesity is a condition characterized by the coexistence of type 02 diabetes and obesity. The causes are multifactorial, resulting from a complex interaction of genetic and behavioral factors. Among the behavioral factors, there are physical inactivity, inadequate eating habits and excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco., Objective: To investigate the clustering of physical inactivity and other risk factors and the association between risk factor combinations and the presence of diabesity in quilombola adults., Methods: Cross-sectional study involving a sample of 332 middle-aged and older adults (≥ 50 years) selected among participants in the "Epidemiological Profile of Quilombolas in Bahia" study. Data were collected by interview and anthropometric assessment. Descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, and multinomial logistic regression procedures were used for data analysis., Results: The highest prevalence of clustering was identified for the combinations of regular alcohol consumption in the absence of the other factors (O/E=14.2; 95%CI 0.87-1.15), followed by regular alcohol and tobacco consumption (O/E=10.3; 95%CI 0.64-0.95) and regular consumption of alcohol, tobacco and foods high in sugar and fat (O/E=6.8; 95%CI= 1.31-1.75). Unadjusted analysis revealed an association between physical inactivity in the absence of the other factors (OR=0.82; 95%CI 0.78-0.86) and diabesity., Conclusion: Alcohol consumption was the most prevalent factor among the largest combinations evaluated. Furthermore, the presence of physical inactivity without the other behaviors analyzed and the absence of all behaviors were associated with diabesity only in unadjusted analysis.