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0959/2013 - Gait speed, grip strength and self-rated health among community-dwelling elderly: data from the Study FIBRA Campinas - São Paulo - Brazil.
Velocidade da marcha, força de preensão e saúde percebida em idosos: dados da rede FIBRA Campinas – São Paulo.

Author:

• JOELITA PESSOA DE OLIVEIRA BEZ - Bez,J.P.O. - Taubaté, SP - UNICAMP - <joelita@ig.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Anita Liberalesso Neri - Neri, A.L - unicamp - <anitalbn@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-7668

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

The scarcity of Brazilian data on the effects of loss, muscle strength and function and self-rated heath in old age, as well as the evidence according with self-rated health is an important antecedent of self-care and well-being are good reasons to investigate relationships between these variables. Objective: Investigating patterns of performance and relationships between grip strength, gait speed and self-rated health in elderly stratified by gender, age and family income. Methods: 689 elderly people without cognitive deficit suggestive of dementia. Comparisons between groups were based on their quartiles of strength and speed. Self-related health was assessed with a five point scale. Results: The male and the youngest scored significantly higher on grip strength and gait speed than the female and oldest did; the richest scored higher than the poorest on grip strength and gait speed; those aged greater than 80 and female showed lower grip strength and gait speed than the youngest and male did. The poorest scored lower and the richest higher than the other groups in self-rated health. Multivariate regression analysis showed low gait speed and low income as risk factors to worse health evaluation. Conclusion: Association between low muscular strength and worse self-evaluations of health is mediated by functional incapacities in interaction with insufficient financial resources.

Keywords:

Subjective health Muscular strength Functional ability Frailty Old age

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Bez,J.P.O., Neri, A.L. Gait speed, grip strength and self-rated health among community-dwelling elderly: data from the Study FIBRA Campinas - São Paulo - Brazil.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2013/Jun). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/gait-speed-grip-strength-and-selfrated-health-among-communitydwelling-elderly-data-from-the-study-fibra-campinas-satildeo-paulo-brazil/13280?id=13280



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