Family health strategy: relevance to the functional capacity of older people

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the functional capacity of older people based on their performance on basic activities of daily living. Method: a cross-sectional study, carried out through the record of the Family Health teams working in the urban area of a city in northern Minas Gerais, in 2015. To assess the functional capacity of 373 older people, the Katz Scale was applied, which includes dimensions on the performance of daily living activities. The interviews took place in the participants’ households. Results: of the total participants, 6.9% had some degree of dependence. Those aged over 80 years old and were living without a partner had about three times more chances of presenting higher levels of functional dependence. Conclusion: most older people enrolled in a Family Health Strategy had their functional capacity preserved.

摘要
研究目的：基于老年人日常基本生活活动的表现，评估其功能能力。
研究方法：本研究为横断面研究，于2015年依托米纳斯吉拉斯州北部某城市城区家庭健康团队的相关记录开展；共纳入373名老年人，采用卡茨量表（Katz Scale）对其功能能力进行评估，该量表涵盖日常生活活动表现相关维度。访谈均在受访者家中完成。
研究结果：全部受访者中，6.9%存在不同程度的功能依赖；年龄超过80岁且无配偶的老年人，出现更高程度功能依赖的概率约为其他人群的3倍。
研究结论：纳入家庭健康策略（Family Health Strategy）服务的老年人中，绝大多数仍保留了自身的功能能力。