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Marina Carvalho Arruda Barreto1, Ricardo Cartes-Velásquez2, Valeria Campos3
1Universidade Federal do Ceará. Faculdade de Medicina. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
Objective:
Determine and measure the association of social factors and health conditions with worse capacity and performance levels.
Methods:
Dependent variables consisted of performance and capacity; independent variables comprised age, gender, level of education, personal income, and health conditions. Means (95%CI) of performance and capacity were presented according to the independent variables. Generalized linear models, using a mutual adjustment for all variables considered statistically significant (p < 0.05), measured the associations between each exposure and outcomes. Study population included 12,265 individuals.
Results:
Older women with lower education and income levels and with some health condition showed the worst performance and capacity.
Conclusion:
Results showed that the capacity and performance levels of the Chilean population changed according to social demographic characteristics and health conditions.
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