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Chronic non-communicable diseases and the functional capacity of elderly people

Objective: This study aimed at identifying the relationship between the chronic non-communicable diseases and the functional capacity of domiciled elderly people. Method: This is a descriptive and correlational study, with quantitative nature, in which 90 elderly subjects registered in the Family Health Strategy were assessed. Results: The study showed a high frequency of chronic diseases in elderly subjects, especially systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) (97,8% and 24,4%, respectively). Regarding the Daily Life Activities (DLA), 16% of the surveyed elderly showed dependence for at least one activity. In relation to the Instrumental Daily Life Activities, 81% showed some dependence for its accomplishment. Conclusion: In the studied reality, being hypertensive, or hypertensive and diabetic at the same time, is related to the presence of functional dependence in the elderly person.

Chronic non-communicable diseases and the functional capacity of elderly people

Urheber*in: Júnior, Edson Batista dos Santos; Oliveira, Luciane Paula Araujo Batista de; Silva, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da

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Alternative title
Doenças crônicas não transmissíveis e a capacidade funcional de idosos
Enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles y la capacidad funcional de ancianos
ISSN
2175-5361
Extent
Seite(n): 516-524
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(2)

Subject
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Medizinsoziologie
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
alter Mensch
chronische Krankheit
Alltag
Funktionalität
Altenpflege
Pflege

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Júnior, Edson Batista dos Santos
Oliveira, Luciane Paula Araujo Batista de
Silva, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2017

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54507-8
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

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  • Júnior, Edson Batista dos Santos
  • Oliveira, Luciane Paula Araujo Batista de
  • Silva, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da

Time of origin

  • 2017

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