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Morbidities and associations with self-rated health and functional capacity in the older people

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Author(s):
Marcela Fernandes Silva [1] ; Daniela de Assumpção [2] ; Priscila Maria Stolses Bergamo Francisco [3] ; Anita Liberalesso Neri [4] ; Mônica Sanches Yassuda [5] ; Flávia Silva Arbex Borim
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - Brasil
[5] Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Ciências - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.; v. 23, n. 5 2021-04-16.
Abstract

Abstract Objectives To investigate the relationship between diseases and self-rated health / functional capacity between gender and in different educational levels. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with follow-up of 419 older adults who participated in the FIBRA Study, which investigated frailty in aged individuals. Socio-demographic variables, chronic non-communicable diseases, self-rated health and functional capacity were evaluated. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test were used to test associations between the number of diseases and self-rated health and functional capacity, with the significance level set to 5%. Results Negative self-rated health was significantly associated with the number of chronic diseases in the overall sample, among women and in both schooling categories. Having partial or total dependency on at least one or more instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) showed a significant association for number of chronic diseases in the overall sample, among women and among individuals with 0 to four years of schooling. Conclusion The chronic diseases seem to have a negative impact on self-rated health, especially in women and in relation to years of schooling, and they seem to have a functional disability in relation to instrumental activities of daily living, especially in women and the old people with 0 to 4 years of schooling. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/00084-8 - Longitudinal study of the Campinas and Ermelino Matarazzo cohorts of the FIBRA study: predictors and outcomes of frailty among the elderly in Brazil
Grantee:Monica Sanches Yassuda
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants