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0370/2018 - Functional capacity and physical performance of community elders: A longitudinal study.
Capacidade funcional e desempenho físico de idosos comunitários: Um estudo longitudinal.

Author:

• Érica Midori Ikegami - Ikegami, E.M - <erica.ikegami@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-5881

Co-author(s):

• Lara Andrade Souza - Souza, L.A - <lara.asouza@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-1215
• Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares - Tavares, D.M.S - Uberaba, - <darlenetavares@enfermagem.uftm.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9565-0476
• Leiner Resende Rodrigues - RODRIGUES, L.R. - <leinerrr@bol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1176-8643


Abstract:

This study aimed to verify the occurrence of changes in the functional capacity and physical performance of community elders and its determining factors, in a two-year period. This study is a quantitative, domiciliary inquiry, observational and longitudinal which took place2014 to 2016, with the participation of 380 eldersthe city of Uberaba, Minas Gerais. The following instruments were used: The Mini-Mental State Examination and questionnaires to characterize the participants according to sociodemographic, economic, clinical and life habit factors. The functional capacity was evaluated through Katz Index and the Lawton and Brody’s scale. Physical performance was verified through the Short Physical Performance Battery. A descriptive, bivariate and linear multiple regression analysis were conducted, with a α

Keywords:

Aged. Activities of daily living. Disabled persons. Mobility limitation. Longitudinal studies.

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Ikegami, E.M, Souza, L.A, Tavares, D.M.S, RODRIGUES, L.R.. Functional capacity and physical performance of community elders: A longitudinal study.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Aug). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/functional-capacity-and-physical-performance-of-community-elders-a-longitudinal-study/16903?id=16903&id=16903



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