Factors associated with the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira,Paula Sacha Frota
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Marques,Marilia Braga, Coutinho,Janaina Fonseca Victor, Maia,Juliana Cunha, Silva,Maria Josefina da, Moura,Escolástica Rejane Ferreira
• 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=S0034-71672017000400711
• topic: Older adults; Geriatric Assessment; Leprosy; Elderly Health; Mycobacterium leprae

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between socio-demographic and clinical factors and the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy. Method: cross-sectional analytical study conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 77 older adult patients with leprosy in a referral service, through interview, medical records and application of the Katz Index and the Lawton and Brody Scale. Results: the mean age was 68.23 years, with prevalence of men, in stable union/married, with mean monthly family income of 2.04 minimum wages, positive bacillary index, clinical dimorphic form and grade zero disability. In the Lawton and Brody scale, independence (58.5%) was predominant and associated to the variables "living arrangement" and "educational attainment". Total independence (87.0%) was predominant in the Katz Index and statistically associated to the variable monthly family income. Conclusion: most of the participants were classified as independent in the instruments used. Furthermore, the instruments pointed to a greater number of associations with socio-demographic and clinical factors not related to leprosy.