Association of the functional capacity and violence in the elderly community

• Autor(a) principal: Dias,Adriana Luna Pinto
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos,Jiovana de Souza, Monteiro,Gleicy Karine Nascimento de Araújo, Santos,Renata Clemente dos, Costa,Gabriela Maria Cavalcanti, Souto,Rafaella Queiroga
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001500183
• topic: Aged; Violence; Elder Abuse; Activities of Daily Living; Geriatric Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between the functional capacity of elderly community members and the sociodemographic and violence characteristics. Methods: Cross-sectional, epidemiological, analytical study with 159 elderly people. For data collection, a questionnaire was used for sociodemographic characterization; the Katz, Lawton and Brody scale; a questionnaire adapted from the FIBRA network; and the Conflict Tactics Scales, analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics using Pearson’s chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and multiple logistic regression models. Results: It was observed that the sociodemographic variables influence the prevalence of functional dependence for basic activities of daily living and reduction in advanced activities in elderly people with psychological and physical violence. Conclusion: The dependence of the elderly for basic and intermediate activities is related to characteristics such as advanced age, work exercise and knowing how to read and write. The participants’ functional dependence can favor violent outcomes, whether physical or psychological.