CAPACIDADE FUNCIONAL DE IDOSOS AVALIADA A PARTIR ATIVIDADES INSTRUMENTAIS DA VIDA DIÁRIA.

de Arruda Bodnar Massad, Jackeline Corrêa França; Nogueira Leite, Eriadny Laiana; Arruda Ramos Gonçalves, Jessica Tuane da Silva

Introduction: Aging itself is not only related to the prevalence of chronic diseases, but also to the frailty syndrome, and deserves great care because its presence is related to a reduction in healthy life expectancy, impairment of autonomy and functional independence of the elderly., consequently deteriorating the quality of life. Objective: To assess the level of functional dependence of elderly people in the community based on instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), according to demographic and socioeconomic variables. Materials and methods: This is a quantitative study, with a cross-sectional, analytical design, both genders and aged between 60 and 90 years. To assess functional capacity through instrumental activities of daily living, the Lawton and Brody scale was used. Results: 56 elderly people participated in the study, predominantly female (82.1%), with a mean age of 69.84 years and standard deviation of 6.2 years, widowed (48.2%), with 3 children or more (94.6%), with = 8 years of schooling (83.9%) and living with up to one minimum wage (53.6%). The vast majority of the elderly found themselves independent according to the IADL scale, with findings of dependence of 32.1%. Dependence was more prevalent among women (39.1%) who had a disease (37.5%). Conclusion: Most elderly people are independent to perform instrumental activities of daily living, and dependence was associated with the presence of diseases and being female.

ACTIVITIES of daily living; OLDER people; FRAILTY; QUALITY of life; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; FRAIL elderly

Revista Foco (Interdisciplinary Studies Journal), 2023, Vol 16, Issue 11, p1

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Academic Journal

10.54751/revistafoco.v16n11-132