Functional capacity and quality of life of hospitalized octogenarians

• Autor(a) principal: Billett,Michelle Cardoso
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Campanharo,Cássia Regina Vancini, Lopes,Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira, Batista,Ruth Ester Assayag, Belasco,Angélica Gonçalves Silva, Okuno,Meiry Fernanda Pinto
• 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=S0034-71672019000800043
• topic: Aged; Hospitalization; Geriatric Nursing; Quality of Life; Aging

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and to correlate functional capacity with quality of life (QoL) of hospitalized octogenarians. Method: A cross-sectional study with 128 patients using the quality of life instruments WHOQOL-OLD and WHOQOL-BREF and the Katz Scale. Results: The majority of patients was fully dependent; patients with higher schooling had less independence; older adults with partial dependence and independence had higher scores in perceived QoL; in the domains of autonomy, past, present and future activities; and better overall QoL than those with full dependence. Partially dependent patients had higher scores in the death and dying domain than independent patients. Conclusion: Older adults’ QoL is associated with the maintenance of autonomy and functional capacity. Older adults experience a health decline during the hospitalization process, due to the limitation in performing their ADL and lack of encouragement by the health team.