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- Title
Functional Independence of Adults and the Elderly Attended by a Family Health Strategy in Teixeira de Freitas-BA.
- Authors
de Oliveira Carvalho, Marina Lima; Santos, Gabriel Almeida; Ramosa, Murilo Sousa; Borges, Grasiely Faccin
- Abstract
Aging is related to several morphological and functional changes in the individuals' body that directly reflects on their functional independence. This affects both maintaining the ability to perform Basic Activities of Daily Living and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. The present study aimed to verify the level of functional independence in adults and the elderly attended by a Family Health Strategy in Teixeira de Freitas-BA. It is an observational study of transverse and descriptive design composed of 30 participants who answered a semi-structured questionnaire and socioeconomic Functional Independence Measure instrument (MIF). Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to analyze the correlation among the variables. Through MIF it was possible to identify a total of 123.1 ± 4.47 points for the participants, which indicates complete independence in performing routine tasks. The memory factor was the component that scored lower, followed by problem resolution. A strong correlation (r = 0.71) was found between the total MIF score and the social cognition factor. Therefore, one notices the need for investments in appropriate professionals as well as improvement in public health policies in order to active and healthy aging.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COGNITION; GERIATRIC assessment; FAMILY health; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH policy; MEMORY; SCIENTIFIC observation; PRIMARY health care; PROBLEM solving; PUBLIC health; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL skills; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; ACTIVITIES of daily living; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; TASK performance; FUNCTIONAL assessment; ACTIVE aging
- Publication
Journal of Health Sciences (2447-8938), 2019, Vol 21, Issue 4, p417
- ISSN
2447-8938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17921/2447-8938.2019v21n4p417-21