Avaliação do idoso : capacidade funcional, independencia e sua relação com outros indicadores de saude

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The purpose of this study was to identify associations among sociodemographic, physical health, anthropometric and subjective well-being data in 122 ambulatory elders of university hospital, and their motor and cognitive functional capacity, evaluated by means of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), in accordance with gender and age group, also verifying associations between these instruments. Significant correlations were found among the scores of the three functional tests, and also between their scores and those of other indicators. Men had greater monthly income and anthropometric scores. Women had lower performance in SPPB, MMSE and FIM tests, and worse compared perceived health. Among the age groups 60 to 69, 70 to 79 and 80 or more years old, the last one had lower scores than the others in anthropometric measures, SPPB and MMSE. On the other hand, this group had higher scores of subjective well-being. The number of registered diseases was positively associated with body mass index (BMI), upper arm, waist and hip circumference, and had negative correlation with the balance component of SPPB. The number of medicines in use was positively correlated with number of diseases, body weight, BMI, upper arm, waist and hip circumference. It was concluded that the functional tests were significantly associated with other health indicators, and also that SPPB and MMSE, motor and cognitive performance measures, respectively, complemented FIM, an instrument of reported functional independence in motor, cognitive and social activities.

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atividades da vida diária cognição avaliação funcional capacidade funcional idosos

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