Functional capacity and life expectancy in elderly quilombolas.

Autor:	Silva VROD; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Cunha RSD; Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Unidade Básica de Saúde do Curiaú. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Pena JLDC; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Almeida ANF; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Rodrigues ÉTAF; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Nemer CRB; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Favacho VBC; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil., Pena FPDS; Universidade Federal do Amapá. Macapá, Amapá, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020 Jul 08; Vol. 73Suppl 3 (Suppl 3), pp. e20190531.
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0531
Abstrakt:	Objective: To evaluate the relationship between functional capacity and life expectancy of quilombola elders. Method: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study involving fifty-nine older adults from the quilombola community of Curiaú, Macapá-Amapá. A sociodemographic form was used to characterize the sample, and Lawton's and Herth's Hope Scales were used to measuring functional capacity and life expectancy, respectively. In the relationship study, the Spearman correlation test was applied. Results: Elderly males aged 60-69 years (52.5%) and married (35.6%) prevailed. Functional capacity had a mean score of 22.4 (± 4.6) and a life expectancy of 41.5 (± 5.1), the correlation between the scale scores was positive and significant (R = 0.475; p <0.001). Conclusion: From the results concluded, when related levels of independence and life expectancy among themselves were significantly associated with being functionally independent elderly and having a better life expectancy.
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