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Successful aging and functional capacity in brazilian elderly people
Botoni,Adriana Letícia de Andrade Silva; Pimenta,Fausto Aloísio Pedrosa; Freitas,Sílvia Nascimento; Nascimento,Raimundo Marques<p><b>INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE:</b> This study evaluates the prevalence of health problems in the elderly, an index of successful aging and considers its relationship with sociodemographic factors and functional capacity, in a random sample representative of the residents in Ouro Preto.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Association between functional capacity and sociodemographic and clinical variables was assessed by mult...
Characteristics of instruments of functional assessment in the elderly persons ...
Silva,Adriana Letícia de Andrade; Chaimowicz,Flávio; Dias,Rosângela Correa; Freitas,Sílvia Nascimento; Nascimento,Raimundo Marques<p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Independence level of elderly persons is highly associated to the ability to overcome deficits in cognition, humor, mobility and communication capacity domains and can be measured by instruments which appraise need of help to perform daily living activities.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To assess characteristics of the Brazilian version of <i>Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensiona...