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Revista de Enfermagem Referência

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AGUIAR, Viviane Ferraz Ferreira de; SANTOS, Bruna Suely Carmona dos; GOMES, Driele Caroline Noronha  and  TAVARES, Tereza Cristina Abreu. Assessment of the functional capacity and quality of life of Brazilian elderly people living in a community. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2019, vol.serIV, n.21, pp.59-65. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV19011.

Background: The loss of functional capacity (FC) by the elderly compromises autonomy and interferes with quality of life (QL). Objective: To evaluate the FC score and the QL of elderly people living in a community and to assess the influence of age and gender on FC and QL. Methodology: Quantitative, exploratory, descriptive research of an applied nature. Sixty-seven elderly people were cared for during the consultations scheduled in a family health unit. A sociodemographic and health data form, basic activities of daily living (BADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and QL evaluation instruments were used. Results: For the BADL, there was a lower score only for continence (54; 80.6%). The majority are independent (63; 94%) for IADL, mean QL score was 16.1 ± 1.9. There was a significant correlation between the variables age and BADL and between IADL and QL. Males obtained a higher mean score (µ = 26.26) for FC, and for QL, there was no significant difference (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Age and gender were associated with FC and QL of the elderly.

Keywords : aged; family health strategy; quality of life; activities of daily living.

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