Functional disability and socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly

cross-sectional study with elderly patients of both genders. The variables associated with functional disability were assessed using Poisson regression.

Results:

A total of 420 elderly patients were included (68.1% women). The highest prevalence of functional disability were found among females aged 80 or older, white, widowed, of economic classes D/E , who lived alone, with frequency of contacts of up to 224 people and diversity of contacts of up to 14 people. After multivariate analysis, statistically significant association was observed between functional disability, gender and age group.

Conclusion:

the association between functional disability gender and age group is shown to be an important guidance for health interventions since it will allow health services to plan actions aiming to improve, maintain or restore the functional capacity of the elderly population.

Key words:
Aged; Frail Elderly; Socioeconomic Factors

Variables	n	Prevalence of functional disability (95% CI)	p value	PR (95% CI)
Gender			0.0004998
Male	28	20.6 (19.6-60.7)		1
Female	116	40.8 (38.2-42.5)		1.50 (1.35-2.72)
Age group			0.0004998
60-69 years	38	18.6 (17.4-19.1)		1
70-79 years	54	39.7 (37.6-41.2)		2.47 (1.33-3.67)
80 years or more	52	65.0 (64.7-66.1)		1.29 (1.21 - 2.40)
Skin color			0.1314
White	79	38.3 (36.9-39.2)		1
Non-white	66	30.8 (28.3-32.1)		1.24 (0.95- 1.61)
Marital status			0.0004998
Married	61	25.5 (24.1-26.8)		1
Single	09	33.3 (31.4-35.7)		1.77(1.43-2.36)
Widowed	68	52.3 (50.9-51.4)		1.49 (1.37-2.64)
Separated	06	25.0 (24.2-26.8)		1.02 (0.49-2.11)
Socioeconomic class			0.0009995
A/B	47	26.6 (25.3-28.1)		1
C	71	37.0 (36.4-38.7)		2.72 (1.53-4.98)
D/E	27	52.9 (51.4-54.6)		0.50 (0.17-0.61)
Number of residents per household			0.3608
Two	29	28.2 (26.8-29.3)		1
One	10	41.7 (39.1-42.7)		1.68 (1.38-3.19)
3-5	74	34.7 (33.2-35.7)		1.81 (1.57-3.16)
6 or more	31	39.2 (38.1-41.6)		0.72 (0.47-1.08)
Contacts frequency			0.02599
>224	85	30.6 (29.3-31.8)		1
Until 224	59	41.5 (40.2-42.9)		1.74 (1.57-3.96)
Contacts diversity			0.05548
>14	84	31.2 (29.8-32.5)		1
Until 14	62	41.1 (40.1-42.6)		0.76 (0.59-0.99)

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7
Skin color	0.987955
Marital status	0.928269	0.91264
Number of residents in the household	0.828393	0.81239	0.87754
Contacts diversity	0.582110	0.57625	0.53659	0.61022
Socioeconomic class	0.567217	0.58801	0.56355	0.59283	0.62658
Contacts frequency	0.183135	0.16065	0.12942	0.26678	0.32408	0.293806
Age group	0.003494	0.00292	0.00237	0.00383	0.00415	0.002271	0.001899
Gender	0.006062	0.00522	0.00171	0.00180	0.00202	0.000903	0.000864

Variables	n	Crude PR	95% CI	Adjusted PR	95% CI
Gender
Male	28	1		1	1
Female	116	1.95	1.30-2.93	1.99	1.33-2.99
Age group
60-69 years	38	1		1
70-79 years	54	1.88	1.26-2.81	1.89	1.26-2.82
80 years and over	52	3.14	2.10-4.70	3.19	2.13-4.77

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Kyonayra Quezia Duarte Brito . E-mail: queziaduarte@yahoo.com.br