Relação entre capacidade intrínseca e capacidade funcional de longevos em Caxias do Sul-RS

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate and relate the Intrinsic Capacity and the Functional Capacity of long-lived elderly people in the city of Caxias do Sul; Brazil; Rio Grande do Sul. Method: It's a population-based study where there were 10 seniors selected by the Family Health Strategy method in the Fátima Alta neighborhood, located in the city of Caxias do Sul-RS Brazil. For the Intrinsic Capacity (IC) evaluation, the "5 domains'' of the FIBRA survey (cognition, sensory, vitality, humor and locomotion), from the tests of the Mini-Mental State Evaluation (MSME), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS); self-perception of vision and hearing; Handgrip Strength and Timed Up-and-Go test (TUG). For the Functional Capacity part of the study (FC), the AFASII instrument was used to evaluate self-perception on the ease or difficulty of activities of daily-living (ADLs) through functional performance tests. For association between the variables relating sociodemographic, Functional Capacity and Intrinsic Capacity, the Spearman's Rank® was used, adopting the significance level of p<0,05. Results: Of the entire sample, 5 long-lived elders were of the female gender, and 5 were of the male gender, with an average age of 82 years-old. The results didn't present significant association between Functional Capacity and Intrinsic Capacity. Although it is able to confirm the fact that when there are visual and hearing impairments; expressed by the "sensory domain"; the elder presents a greater self-perception of difficulty in realizing It's ADLs. Conclusion: Our results point to the loss of sight and hearing directly interfere on the performing of functional activities of the elder, not presenting statistical significance. In the meantime it is possible to confirm that the self-perception of Functional Capacity is of great importance to the evaluation of the performance tests on the long-lived citizens. It's suggested a deeper study on this area so that we can prevent losses and maximize the gains of a healthier aging. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]