Vulnerabilidade e envelhecimento: panorama dos idosos residentes no município de São Paulo - Estudo SABE / Vulnerability and aging: a prospect in the city of São Paulo - SABE Study

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

07/10/2011

RESUMO

The vulnerability is a condition found in aging that can appear in several dimensions. Extending the discussion about this concept can contribute to the construction of public policies comprehensive and appropriate to the needs of the elderly. The aims of this study was to identify and describe the living and health conditions of elderly physical and socially vulnerable in the city of São Paulo, Brasil and verify association with the outcomes: functional decline, frailty and death, six years later. This research is part of a project called Health, Well-being and Aging (SABE Study) described as longitudinal, descriptive, exploratory, analytical and quantitative study. The sample was composed by the 2.143 elders interviewed in 2000 of which 1.115 were reevaluated in 2006. The difference due to deaths, moves, institutionalization, non finding and refusal. The physically vulnerable elders were identified thorough the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13), translated and culturally adapted for Brazilian Portuguese. The social vulnerability was identified thought the Paulista Index of Social Vulnerability (IPVS). Rao-Scott tests weighted to account for sample design effects were used to evaluate associations of the variable origin with the independent variables considering the level of confidence of 95%. Multiple Regression with stepwise forward technique was used to analyse the outcomes. Good reliability and face validity were demonstrated by this Brazilian Portuguese version of the VES-13. The physical vulnerability was presented in 38,1% of the elders in 2000 and 52,7% in 2006. Most of the elders lived in a context of very low and low social vulnerability (71,9%). The physically vulnerable elders presented higher distribution in the medium, high and very high social vulnerability category (43,1% in 2000 and 60,1% in 2006). The physical vulnerability was associated to frailty (92,8%; p=0,000), functional decline for basic (65,7%; p=0,000) and instrumental (57,2%; p=0,000) activities of daily living and death (57,2%; p=0,000). The social vulnerability was only associated with death (p=0,015). The physically vulnerable elderly has risk to become frail (2,61; p=0,000), to suffer functional decline for basic (2,48; p=0,001) and for instrumental (1,46; p=0,051) activities of daily living and has risk of social vulnerability(1,50; p=0,005). The socially vulnerable elderly has risk of death (1,58; p=0,024) and risk to become physically vulnerable (1,54; p=0,005). Thus, physical vulnerability and social vulnerability were associated and the outcomes functional decline and frailty were associated with physical vulnerability, while the outcome death was associated with social vulnerability. These findings suggest the importance of understanding the vulnerability in elderly, allowing the identification and prioritization of resources for the monitoring of those with higher possibility of adverse outcomes.

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vulnerabilidade aged envelhecimento idosos morte vulnerability death aging

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