Situação socioeconômica e condição funcional do idoso de 80 anos e mais

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The research presented in this dissertation has increased the scientific knowledge that allows for the consolidation of the interfaces between the fields of Gerontology and Occupational Therapy. Its main goal was to connect socioeconomic status with the functional capacity of elders with 80 years of age and older in the development of their daily activities. It specifically intended to identify actual standard of living indicators of elders, characterise their daily activities, establish a measure of their autonomy and satisfaction in performing activities of daily living and their life quality. The dissertation involved both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The field work consisted of individual interviews using validated protocols conducted with ten elders of different social backgrounds of randomly selected subjects . The data collection was preceded by contacts with the participants in order to inform them about the research, the methodology used and to get their informed consent to participate in the interviews. The interviews applied the following instruments: the Quality of Life Questionnaire SF 36, the protocol Novo Critério Padrão de Classificação Econômica Brasil 2008 (New Standard Criterion of Economic Classification Brasil, 2008), the Protocol of Functional Independence Measure (FIM), as well as a semi-structured interview script with questions regarding the specific aims of the study. The analyses were supported by theoretical and methodological categories defined by the data collected and the theoretical references selected for this research. The study concluded that elders from different socioeconomic status have similar measures of independence in performing activities of daily living. However, it has also found that elders of lower socioeconomic status have richer daily routines and more satisfaction with their life quality than those of higher status

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life quality autonomia condição funcional do idoso idosos -- condicoes economicos elders functional status autonomy servico social idosos -- condicoes sociais qualidade de vida

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