Nutritional status and functional capacity of institutionalized elderly in Botucatu/SP

• Autor(a) principal: Moreira,Priscila Lucélia
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Boas,Paulo José Fortes Villas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/260
• topic: Elderly, anthropometry, activities of daily life.

<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> Functional capacity is an important component of quality of life and health marker that reflects the overall condition of the elderly. Together with functional capacity assessment, nutritional and anthropometric evaluations are also used to estimate health in this population. Observed association between these parameters.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To study the relationship among anthropometric and nutritional data and functional capacity in the senior population of a long permanence institution (LPI) located in Botucatu - SP, Brazil, analyzed the relationship between anthropometric data and the functional capacity in elderly.<br> <b>MATERIALS AND METHODS:</b> Design: Cross-sectional. We evaluated 54 individuals, and measured anthropometric data with calculation of body mass index (BMI). We evaluated the functional capacity by the Basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL). We analyzed the association between dependence and anthropometric variables obtained.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> Of the institutionalized individuals assessed (19 males and 35 females with mean age of 76.1 ± 9.9 years), 46.3% showed BMI &lt; 22 kg/m². Dependence for ADL was directly associated with low weight (BMI <u>&lt;</u> 22 kg/m²) in 33.3% of the cases (p &lt; 0.05).<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> Most LPI elderly residents showed low weight associated with reduced functional capacity for ADL.</p>