Prevalence of functional disability in the elderly: analysis of the National Health Survey

Objective: to verify the prevalence of functional disability to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living in the elderly. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health Survey,whose sample was 7,373 elderly. Results: the prevalence of functional incapaci...

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Main Authors: Danielle Samara Tavares de Oliveira-Figueiredo, Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Jorge Gustavo Velásquez-Meléndez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2017-09-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/20228
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