Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Torres,Gilson de Vasconcelos
Data de Publicação: 2010
Outros Autores: Reis,Luciana Araújo dos, Reis,Luana Araújo dos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To assess the functional capacity and to determine the difference between the means of functional capacity (basic and instrumental activities of daily living) and the age groups of elderly residents in an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast of Brazil. METHOD: Analytical study with cross-sectional design and a sample of 150 elderly individuals enrolled in four Health Units in the municipality of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil. The instrument consisted of sociodemographic and health data, the Barthel Index and the Lawton scale. RESULTS: In all, 78.00% of the elderly were classified as dependent in the basic activities and 65.33% in the instrumental activities of daily living. Using the Kruskal-Wallis test, we found a statistically significant difference between the means of instrumental activities and the age groups (p=0.011). CONCLUSION: An elevated number of elderly were classified as dependent in terms of functional capacity and increased age is related to greater impairment in the execution of instrumental activities of daily living.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
title Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
spellingShingle Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
Torres,Gilson de Vasconcelos
elderly
daily activities
social and health conditions
title_short Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
title_full Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
title_fullStr Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
title_sort Assessment of functional capacity in elderly residents of an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast Brazil
author Torres,Gilson de Vasconcelos
author_facet Torres,Gilson de Vasconcelos
Reis,Luciana Araújo dos
Reis,Luana Araújo dos
author_role author
author2 Reis,Luciana Araújo dos
Reis,Luana Araújo dos
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Torres,Gilson de Vasconcelos
Reis,Luciana Araújo dos
Reis,Luana Araújo dos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv elderly
daily activities
social and health conditions
topic elderly
daily activities
social and health conditions
description OBJECTIVE: To assess the functional capacity and to determine the difference between the means of functional capacity (basic and instrumental activities of daily living) and the age groups of elderly residents in an outlying area in the hinterland of Bahia/Northeast of Brazil. METHOD: Analytical study with cross-sectional design and a sample of 150 elderly individuals enrolled in four Health Units in the municipality of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil. The instrument consisted of sociodemographic and health data, the Barthel Index and the Lawton scale. RESULTS: In all, 78.00% of the elderly were classified as dependent in the basic activities and 65.33% in the instrumental activities of daily living. Using the Kruskal-Wallis test, we found a statistically significant difference between the means of instrumental activities and the age groups (p=0.011). CONCLUSION: An elevated number of elderly were classified as dependent in terms of functional capacity and increased age is related to greater impairment in the execution of instrumental activities of daily living.
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