Perfil da capacidade funcional dos idosos residentes na área de abrangência de três unidades básicas de saúde no município de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: TO Describe the functional profile of elderly residents in the area spanning three basic health units of the municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. METHODS: developed a retrospective descriptive analysis of a sample of 398 elderly residents in urban area of the city of Belo Horizonte, where the socio-demographic information, health conditions of physical and cognitive functions, and comorbidity of Indexes of Lawton and Katz, who measured the ability to perform basic activities of daily living (ABVD 's) and instrumental activities of daily living (AIVD 's) were correlated and handled by the program SPSS 16.0 by byvariads analysis (the Pearson Chi-Square) recital significance level p < 0.05 and p < 0. RESULTS: for the index of Lawton, 46.9% of seniors were dependent on index Katz, 296 elderly 35.4% was also dependent on, which indicates higher level of independence, however as most respondents is among the range of 60 to 70 years, this dependency index should draw the attention of the health service. Associations were held between the variables, age, gender, family income, presence of comorbidity, tumbling waterfalls, fear of, access to health services, education, mobility and balance, health perception and all were significant (.p < 0.05) CONCLUSION: The Profile of functional capacity of older reveals a framework of independence and a significant association between the variables studied, physical health conditions and risk factors, comorbidity, contributing to the decline in physical perception and self reporting of health condition, health condition and quality of life factors for maintenance of independence. Actions of promotion and prevention should be immediately taken in UBS investigated.