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- Title
Predicting dimensions of clinical-functional conditions and cognition in the elderly.
- Authors
Nogueira Martins Araujo da Silva, Jenifer; Tambara Leite, Marinês; Gaviraghi, Luana Caroline; Ramos Kirsten, Vanessa; da Silva Kinalski, Sandra; Hildebrandt, Leila Mariza; Beuter, Margrid
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the predictive dimensions of clinical-functional conditions and the cognitive capacity of elderly people living at home. Method: Cross-sectional, populationbased, analytical, quantitative study was utilized. For data collection, an instrument with sociodemographic and behavioral variables, the Functional Clinical Vulnerability Index; and, to assess cognition, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used. Descriptive analyzes and statistical tests were conducted. Results: 305 elderly subjects, living at home, in urban and rural areas participated in the study. They were classified as robust (71.8%), pre-frail (22%) and frail (6.2%). As for cognition, 24.9% of them had cognitive impairment. It was shown that cognitive impairment predicts the development of functional disability. Conclusion: It is considered that health professionals should both act in order to maintain the functional and cognitive conditions of the robust and pre-frail elderly people and pay attention to the rehabilitation of the disabilities installed in those elderly people who are in a situation of frailty.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CHI-squared test; COGNITION; FISHER exact test; FRAIL elderly; INCOME; LIFE skills; RESEARCH methodology; METROPOLITAN areas; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL conditions; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; ACTIVITIES of daily living; HOME environment; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020, Vol 73, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0162