Experiência de pesquisa desenvolvida com idosos residentes na zona rural

Objective: to report the development of a research with elderly people who live in the countryside. Methods: it is a reflection on the lived experiences during the execution of a research performed with an elderly population developed in the countryside of Pelotas (RS), from 2013 to 2014. Results: it presents how a research with 820 elderly people in the countryside was performed, its logistic and importance in all stages of the study. Besides demonstrating that from this Research Project, subthemes of work were developed as frailty elderly syndrome, tumbles, functional capacity, chronic disease, cancer, depression, among others. Final Considerations: it is highlighted the importance of planning and executing scheduling of a quantitative research, especially the logistic of data collection in order to have a successful research.