Conceituando e mensurando a incapacidade funcional da população idosa: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Conceituando e mensurando a incapacidade funcional da população idosa: uma revisão de literaturaThe concept and measurement of functional disability in the elderly population: a literature review

Associação entre incapacidade funcional e capital social em idosos residentes em comunidade

“…Aging may lead to the development of functional disability, which consists of the difficulty or need of help for the individual to perform typical self-care activities (basic activity of daily living, or ADL) or more complex ones (instrumental activity of daily living, or IADL), as well as in the impairment of physical mobility, they are important for independent living in society 1 . To Verbrugge and Jette 2 , the incapacitating process of the individuals may be determined by predisposing factors (sociodemographic characteristics), intraindividual (lifestyle, behavior, or diseases), and extraindividual ones (interventions from health services, use of medication, external support, in addition to physical and social environments).…”

“…Several epidemiological studies, in different populations, have been associating functional disability to predisposing (gender and age) and intraindividual characteristics (self-evaluation of health and history of diagnosis for chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis) 1,3,4 . In relation to the extraindividual factors, the role of social environment and of social relations in determining disability has been demonstrated in longitudinal 5 and cross-sectional 4,6,7 studies, as the limitations in social relations may generate inequalities in health, preventing social control and hindering decision making in health.…”

Prescrição inadequada de medicamentos a idosos portadores de doenças crônicas em um plano de saúde no município de São Paulo, Brasil

“…No entanto, estas não impedem que o idoso possa ter autonomia e realize suas atividades de maneira independente. 5 A maior prevalência de enfermidades crônico-degenerativas nos idosos culmina, no que diz respeito ao tratamento farmacológico, na prática da polifarmácia, a qual impacta na segurança e qualidade de vida dessas pessoas, tanto por meio do desencadeamento de reações adversas a medicamentos (RAM), quanto mediante prescrição inadequada de medicamentos (PIM). Esta última exacerba não só a incidência de RAM, mas pode ocasionar impactos na capacidade funcional do idoso, pelo aparecimento de interações medicamentosas ou efeitos colaterais indesejados.…”

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and functional disability in Brazilian elders: the Bambuí Health and Aging Study

“…Functional disability was assessed regarding selfreported performance on basic activities of daily living (BADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and mobility-related tasks 24,25,26 . The participants were asked whether they experienced any difficulties in any of the following BADL: bathing, dressing, getting in and out of bed and feeding.…”