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Published on: September 30, 2020
Functional disability indicators and associated factors in the elderly: a population-based study in Bagé, Rio Grande
Juliana Damasceno Nunes1, Mirelle de Oliveira Saes2, Bruno Pereira Nunes1
1Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
Objective:
to estimate the prevalence of functional disability in basic and instrumental daily activities and associated factors in elderly who live in the urban area of Bagé-RS, Brazil.
Methods:
this is a population-based cross-sectional study, conducted in 2008; functional disability was defined by basic and instrumental daily activities, using Katz index and Lawton and Brody scale; Poisson regression was used for crude and adjusted analyses.
Results:
1,593 elderly individuals were investigated; the prevalence of disability for basic activities was of 10.6% (95%CI: 9.1;12.1) and of 34.2% (95%CI: 31.9;36.6) for instrumental activities; both disabilities were statistically associated to the increment of age, low education level, alcohol consumption, history of cerebrovascular diseases, cognitive impairment, hospitalization and home care.
Conclusion:
a high proportion of elderly presented functional disability; the outcomes were associated to the following variables: demographic, socioeconomic, behavioral, health status and use of health services.
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