ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY AND ASSOCIATION WITH SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, DISEASES AND HABITS OF WOMEN RESIDENTS IN PERIPHERY

Abstract

Objective of this study was to estimate functional capacity and analyze the association with sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, morbidity, multimorbidity and falls among elderly women living in a periphery of the city of São Paulo. A cross-sectional study of simple random sampling was carried out, whose study population consisted of 174 women (≥60 years of age) registered and a Unidade Básica de Saúde - (UBS) Jardim Rincão, city of São Paulo, Brazil, were randomly selected in the period of August to December 2015. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed based on sociodemographic variables, life habits, chronic disease, physical activity and self-assessment of functional capacity. The results show a high prevalence of insufficient functional capacity in the population studied, 81.0%. After crude and adjusted logistic regression analysis, no statistical differences were observed in the analyzed variables p>0.05. Thus, the study revealed that sociodemographic variables, life habits, chronic diseases have no effect on the functional capacity of elderly women living in a periphery. Therefore, comprehensive health care actions for the elderly need to be carried out, combining incentives for research in areas of social vulnerability and actions planned to improve disabling conditions.