Cognition, depressive symptoms, functional capacity and frailty in institutionalized elderly

This database presents results of two research projects carried out in four Brazilian long-term institutions, 3 in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and 1 in Montes Claros (MG) between the years 2015 and 2018. The sample comprises 67 elderly, data were collected on age, sex, global cognition (Brazilian version of the Mini Mental State Examination - MEEM) (Bertolucci et al., 1994), frailty syndrome (SF) based on the criteria proposed by Fried et al. , 2001, depressive symptoms through the Brazilian version Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) (De Sousa et al., 2007). Still, for the evaluation of memory, the tests of verbal fluency (FV) were used in order to evaluate the semantic memory and the executive function (Brucki, S. M. et al., 1997); Digit Span Forward (DSF) and Backward (DSB) to check short-term and working memory, respectively (Schroeder, R. W. et al., 2012). The inclusion criteria were: i) being a resident of a long-term institution; ii) be 60 years of age or older; iii) understand and answer commands. The exclusion criteria were: i) dependent walking; ii) severe cardiovascular and neurological diseases. Following the ethical precepts, the projects were approved by their respective Research Ethics Committees, according to the place and period of collection, which are: Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade Federal Fluminense, under the registration 1,178,067 in the year of 2015 and by the Research Ethics Committee of the State University of Montes Claros under opinion 2,398,863 in the year 2017. All participants or their guardians signed the informed consent form in accordance with resolution 466/2012 of the National Council of Health in Brazil.