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卫生团队的诊疗记录开展。为评估373名老年人的功能能力，研究采用涵盖日常活动表现维度的卡茨日常生活能力量表（Katz Scale），访谈均在受试者家中进行。
研究结果：全部受试者中，6.9%存在不同程度的功能依赖。年龄超过80岁且无配偶同住的老年人，出现重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）服务体系的绝大多数老年人，其功能能力得以保留。