Dificuldade funcional de idosos brasileiros segundo faixa etária e sexo: estudo de base populacional (PNS-2013)

Abstract

Population-based study with data referring to the Health Module of the National Health Survey, carried out with individuals aged 60 years or older. Objective: To verify the degree of functional limitation in the activities of daily living of elderly Brazilians, qualified by age and gender, assessed in the National Health Survey (PNS, 2013) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE, 2013). Method: Descriptive cross-sectional research, ecological type. The data used are publicly available by the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) and refer to the research carried out by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the National Health Survey (PNS, 2013). Results: The difficulties of elderly Brazilians in carrying out activities of daily living were analyzed, with distribution according to age and sex. There was a gradual increase in difficulty with advancing age and the group of elderly people aged 75 and over had higher difficulties than the other age groups. In general, women showed a higher level of functional when compared to male group. Conclusions: The degree of functional difficulty in the elderly aged 60 years or over is considerably high and worsens with advancing age. The female group showed a higher degree of functional difficulty when compared to the male group.