Qualidade de vida e independência funcional de idosos frequentadores do clube do idoso do município de Sorocaba

Abstract

rESUMo introdução: Nos últimos anos a expectativa de vida vem aumentando em todo o mundo. A manutenção da capacidade funcional e da qualidade de vida (QV) dessa população é um dos desafios da atualidade. objetivo: Avaliar a QV e a independência funcional de idosos frequentadores do Clube do Idoso do município de Sorocaba e investigar a correlação entre essas medidas. Métodos: Participaram idosos de ambos os sexos com idade ≥60 anos. Foram utilizados: Instrwumento de Caracterização Sociodemográfica; World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-Old (WHOQOL-OLD) e Medida de Independência Funcional (MIF). Análises estatísticas realizadas: teste de Mann-Whitney e teste de Kruskal-Wallis para comparação entre os escores e o coeficiente de correlação de postos de Spearman para verificar a correlação entre os instrumentos. resultados: Participaram 71 idosos, 69,01% mulheres, 56,34% com idade entre 60 e 69 anos, 33,80% casados e 83,10% aposentados. Não houve diferenças significativas quanto ao sexo para os dois instrumentos e quanto à idade nos escores do WHOQOL-OLD. Os idosos ≥80 anos apresentaram queda da independência funcional (p<0,001) e aqueles com mais anos de estudo apresentaram maior independência funcional e avaliaram melhor a QV global. Houve correlação diretamente proporcional entre escores da MIF e QV. Conclusão: Este estudo apontou que a funcionalidade está diretamente ligada à QV. Daí a importância dos grupos de terceira idade como forma de favorecer a prática de atividade física e aumentar a interação social, fatores essenciais na proteção e promoção da saúde e da QV dessa população. Palavras-chave: idoso; qualidade de vida; saúde do idoso; envelhecimento. ABStrACt introduction: In the last years, life expectancy has been increasing all over the world. Preserving the functional capacity and the quality of life (QOL) of this population is one of the current challenges. objective: Assess the QOL and the functional independence of the elderly attending the Elderly Club in the Municipality of Sorocaba and to investigate the correlation among these measures. Methods: Elderly men and women aged ≥60 years old participated in the assessment. The instruments used were Sociodemographic Characterization Instrument; World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-Old (WHOQOL-OLD) and Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Statistical analysis: Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests to compare the scores and Correlation of Spearman to check the correlation between instruments. results: Seventy-one elderly participated, being 69.01% women, 56.34% between 60 and 69 years old, 33.80% married and 83.10% retired. There were not significant differences regarding sex between the two instruments and, in the scores of WHOQOL-OLD, regarding age. The elderly aged ≥80 years old showed a decline in the functional independence (p<0.001) and those with more years of study showed a better functional independence and assessed better the global QOL. There was a directly proportional correlation between the scores of the MIF...

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Clinical-functional vulnerability index and the dimensions of functionality in the elderly person

“…One of the interventions capable of contributing to the control or reduction of depressive and dementia symptoms and the development of the autonomy and independence of the elderly people is the stimulus to the practice of physical activity, characterized as a protective factor against the fragility. It is also responsible for social interaction and for increasing functional performance, aerobic capacity, flexibility, gait speed and balance of the elderly person, benefiting cognition, memory and social skills, reducing potential risks of falls, hospitalizations, and institutionalization, such as to maintain and improve the mobility, physical and muscular strength of elderly people in fragile conditions (16)(17) .…”

“…A Brazilian study points to the slowness of gait as one of the most frequent items to the fragility in the elderly population, associated with incapacity, institutionalization and falls with injury, causing transient or definitive loss of autonomy and independence (17) . The correlation between the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index-20 and the cognitive status, mood and mobility was significant and expected, as studies show the influence of cognition, mood, and mobility under fragility (18)(19) .…”

Functional independence of the elderly in multiprofessional home care

“…The sample comprises an elderly population composed predominantly of women (59.53%), with a mean age of 78.7 ± 9.2 years. Other studies have shown predominance of women as well, a fact that may be linked to lower exposure to risk factors related to their workplace, lower prevalence of tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption, and more frequent use of health systems (Pilger, Menon, & Mathias, 2011;Fhon et al, 2012;Dantas, Bello, Barreto, & Lima, 2013;Cheng, Yang, Cheng, Chen, & Wang, 2014;Lima, Araújo, & Scattolin, 2016).…”