Robust older adults in primary care

Factors associated with successful aging

Bibliographic Data

ID16779928
AuthorsLuciana Colares Maia (0000-0001-6359-3593, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros), Figueiredo Braga Colares (0000-0003-3215-447X, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros), Edgar Nunes De Moraes (0000-0002-8923-1029, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Simone De Melo Costa (0000-0002-0266-018X, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros), Antônio Prates Caldeira (0000-0002-9990-9083, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros)
Year2020
Volume54
Pages35
Publication date2020-04-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
PublisherUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054001735
PMID32267369
OpenAlexW3013520321
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of robustness among older adults assisted in primary health care and identify factors in successful aging. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted with older adults in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two questionnaires were used for data collection: the Brazilian Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensional Function Assessment Questionnaire (BOMFAQ) and the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index IVCF-20). The adjusted prevalence ratios were obtained by robust Poisson regression. Statistical analysis was performed for older adults in general (60 to 107 years) and stratified by age: from 60 to 79 years and 80 years or more. RESULTS: A total of 1,750 older adults aged 60 to 107 years participated; between them, 48.7% were robust. Older adults aged 60 to 79 years (n = 1,421) and 80 years or more (n = 329) had a prevalence of robustness of 55.4% and 19.3%, respectively. Some factors associated with successful aging were: positive self-perception of health, dancing habits, walking habits, absence of cognitive impairment, absence of depressive symptoms and polypathology, as well as daily life independence. After adjustment by age, the absence of polypathology and independence for activities of daily living stand out for robustness between 60 and 79 years; in those aged 80 years and over, independence for activities of daily living and dance practice presented greater strength of association. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of robust older adults in primary care is considered satisfactory for the older population in general but decreases with age and is associated with the absence of diseases and disabilities. These results denote the need to redesign the health care system, focusing on promoting and preventing clinical-functional vulnerability

Activities of daily living · Environmental health · Older people · Physical therapy · Poisson regression · Population · Successful aging · Aging and Gerontology Research · Demography · Frailty in Older Adults · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Gerontology

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