Avaliação da capacidade funcional dos idosos e fatores associados à incapacidade

Introduction: The elderly population has risen sharply in Brazil, increasing the need for a health policy focused on health promotion and disease prevention. Attention should also be focused on functional capacity because of the personal and family suffering caused by dependency, as well as the increased demand placed on public services. Objective: To check the health and functional capacity of elderly residents in a small town with a high population aging rate. Methods: A cross-sectional, analytical and non-probabilistic study was performed of 528 elderly persons aged ≥60 years, of both genders, who were evaluated in their home environment. The variables of interest were general health and functional capacity, assessed by the adapted Katz and Lawton and Brody scales. Data analysis was carried out using descriptive and analytical statistical tools. To assess the association between variables the chi-squared test was used, accepting the hypothesis of dependency of variables with p=0.05. Results: The mean age was 72.24±9.33 years. Functional capacity assessment identified that most of the elderly persons carried out activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) independently; with percentages of 90% and 83.7%, respectively. A statistically significant association was observed ( p=0.001) between reports of falls and functional capacity levels. Conclusion:The results show that the elderly of this municipality are mostly independent in performing their daily tasks, representing successful aging.

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“…al. 11 and Santos and Griep 12 reported a greater prevalence of women, with 63.3% and 71%, respectively.…”

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Analysis of the functional capacity of elderly residents of communities with a rapid population aging rate

Berlezi

Farias

Dallazen

et al. 2016

Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

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“…1 Thus, studies on this subject can subsidize the planning of public health policies for the elderly according to their health priorities. 2 The prevalence of functional disability for basic activities (BADLs) and instrumental (IADLs) of daily life varies in national studies [3][4][5] and international studies. 6,7 As for its determinant factors, research have controversies.…”

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“…8 In another national study from Minas Gerais, dependence on IADL and BADL was associated with ≥ 75 years old, the absence of a partner, a stroke, a heart disease and diabetes mellitus. 5 The indication of depression has been considered a risk factor for Bárbara Ferreira Agreli • Flavia Aparecida Dias • Pollyana Cristina dos Santos Ferreira • Nayara Cândida Gomes • Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares functional incapacity in the national literature. 9 In international research with elderly individuals 65 years old or older, female and older individuals were associated with functional disability for BADLs, leading to dependency.…”

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Functional disability and morbidities among the elderly people, according to socio-demographic conditions and indicative of depression

Agreli¹,

Dias²,

Ferreira³

et al. 2017

Invest Educ Enferm

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“…Added to the fact that with advancing age occur morphological, functional and biochemical changes that cover the entire body and determine the progressive loss of the individual's ability to adapt to the environment, causing greater vulnerability (2). The aging produces a reduced functional capacity of the person, making this person dependent on some activities performed on a day-to-day, requiring a correct evaluation of its functioning to identify the main deficiencies and difficulties (3).…”

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Assessment instruments of functioning in Brazilian elderly and the ICF: a systematic review

2017

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Introduction: Under the new conceptual model described by the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) for a biopsychosocial health analysis, it is necessary to consider that it is not arising only from biological conditions, but also environmental, social, cultural and politics involved in this process. Objective: To review the publications that had the Brazilians elderly functioning as outcome by analyzing the instruments used and to verify its consistency with the ICF model. Methods: A systematic review of the Brazilian literature on elderly was performed in SciELO, PubMed, Scopus, and Lilacs databases. Publications starting in 2001, in English, Portuguese or Spanish, studies with experimental design or intervention, having the Brazilian elderly as the only subject. For evaluating the quality of the papers, the Downs and Black checklist were used. Results: From 3070 items first found in the research, 29 articles remained for this study. Of these, 25 instruments were used to measure the eldery functioning. The frequency of the ICF domains were: health condition (0.28%), body structure and function (1.71%), activity (82.34%), participation (3.42%), environmental factors (12.25%) and personal factors (0%). Conclusion: Despite the ICF be much discussed today, it was possible to detect remaining gaps in the studies about the subject. The

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Avaliação da capacidade funcional dos idosos e fatores associados à incapacidade

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Analysis of the functional capacity of elderly residents of communities with a rapid population aging rate

Analysis of the functional capacity of elderly residents of communities with a rapid population aging rate

Functional disability and morbidities among the elderly people, according to socio-demographic conditions and indicative of depression

Assessment instruments of functioning in Brazilian elderly and the ICF: a systematic review

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