“…The mean Barthel Index found in the present study (62.3) was within the values range presented in the literature (20.9-80.0) (Converso & Iartelli, 2007;Fluetti et al, 2018;Khanagar et al, 2015;Kuo et al, 2017;Nihtilä et al, 2017). When it comes to the level of assistance required to perform activities of daily living, the percentage of moderate to complete dependence found was 47.1%, a value that also shows to be quite variable in the literature 10.4 -66.0% (Converso & Iartelli, 2007;de Medeiros et al, 2019;Ferreira et al, 2019;Freitas et al, 2016;Jerez-Roig et al, 2017;Nihtilä et al, 2017;Pinillos-Patiño & Prieto-Suárez, 2012). It is believed that these variations are mainly due to the sociodemographic characteristics of the older adults included in the study samples, in addition to the influence of the institution profile in the process of physical domination by the residents themselves.…”