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Factors associated with the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy

2017; Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem; Volume: 70; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0091

1984-0446

Paula Sacha Frota Nogueira, Marília Braga Marques, Janaína Fonseca Victor Coutinho, Juliana Cunha Maia, Maria Josefina da Silva, Escolástica Rejane Ferreira Moura,

Public Health in Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between socio-demographic and clinical factors and the functional capacity of older adults with leprosy. Method: cross-sectional analytical study conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 77 older adult patients with leprosy in a referral service, through interview, medical records and application of the Katz Index and the Lawton and Brody Scale. Results: the mean age was 68.23 years, with prevalence of men, in stable union/married, with mean monthly family income of 2.04 minimum wages, positive bacillary index, clinical dimorphic form and grade zero disability. In the Lawton and Brody scale, independence (58.5%) was predominant and associated to the variables "living arrangement" and "educational attainment". Total independence (87.0%) was predominant in the Katz Index and statistically associated to the variable monthly family income. Conclusion: most of the participants were classified as independent in the instruments used. Furthermore, the instruments pointed to a greater number of associations with socio-demographic and clinical factors not related to leprosy.