title: [Investigating the production of the knowledge on the long-lived elderly person].
abstract: This paper is a bibliographic review, with quantitative approach, that aimed to investigate the production of the knowledge on the long-lived elderly person, in the SCIELO and LILACS data bases. Eighty eight scientific papers were analyzed, from which 69,3% were produced in Brazil, concentrated in the Southeastern area (67,2%), and with prevalence of the qualitative approach (77,3%). As for the knowledge area, all the researches are part of the great area of Health Sciences, with prevalence of Medicine (76,1%). Nursing contributed with 4,5% of the productions. The more studied objects (72,7%) were clinical cases or report of experiences. One concluded that the scientific production on long-lived elderly person is still small and irrelevant. In this optics, it is essential to increase and qualify the productions and the knowledge fields that address this thematic universe.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Enfermagem, Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa do Idoso, Salvador, BA, Brasil. talyaquira@gmail.com
authors.forename: Talita Aquira Santos
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Tânia Maria de Oliva
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Menezes
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data