Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study
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| author | Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena |
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| contents | Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena Pedro Henrique Ferreira de Souza Trindade Fernanda Nunes Barbosa Ana Beatriz dos Santos Cleide Gessele Clovis Arlindo de Sousa Henry Völzke Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Healthy aging multimorbidity personal autonomy physical functional performance Objective: To analyze the association between multimorbidity and low functional ability in older adults in southern Brazil.Methods: In a cross-sectional population-based study, we analyzed a sample of 435 persons aged 60–79 years old. Functional ability was estimated using a scale 0 to 100, stratified into quartiles, and the presence of diseases was self-reported. The association between multimorbidity and low functional ability (lowest quartile or less) was estimated by logistic regression.Results: The frequency of multimorbidity was 85.5% and the median functional ability score was 70. There was an inverse correlation between functional ability score and the number of chronic diseases (rho= -0.48; p<0.0001). Low functional ability was associated with multimorbidity (OR 3.1; 95%CI 1.7–5.5; p<0.001) and remained so after adjustment for sex, age, health service utilization, hospitalizations, health insurance status, and self-perceived health status (OR 2.0; 95%CI 1.07–3.73; p=0.029).Conclusion: Identifying the most vulnerable older adults and providing them with appropriate health care could help prevent loss of functional ability. 2025 artículo científico 2447-2115 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=739781671012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/739781671012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/movil 10.53886/gga.e0000285_EN en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7397 Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Brasil) Vol.19 |
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| spellingShingle | Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Healthy aging multimorbidity personal autonomy physical functional performance Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study Ernani Tiaraju de Santa Helena Pedro Henrique Ferreira de Souza Trindade Fernanda Nunes Barbosa Ana Beatriz dos Santos Cleide Gessele Clovis Arlindo de Sousa Henry Völzke Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Healthy aging multimorbidity personal autonomy physical functional performance Objective: To analyze the association between multimorbidity and low functional ability in older adults in southern Brazil.Methods: In a cross-sectional population-based study, we analyzed a sample of 435 persons aged 60–79 years old. Functional ability was estimated using a scale 0 to 100, stratified into quartiles, and the presence of diseases was self-reported. The association between multimorbidity and low functional ability (lowest quartile or less) was estimated by logistic regression.Results: The frequency of multimorbidity was 85.5% and the median functional ability score was 70. There was an inverse correlation between functional ability score and the number of chronic diseases (rho= -0.48; p<0.0001). Low functional ability was associated with multimorbidity (OR 3.1; 95%CI 1.7–5.5; p<0.001) and remained so after adjustment for sex, age, health service utilization, hospitalizations, health insurance status, and self-perceived health status (OR 2.0; 95%CI 1.07–3.73; p=0.029).Conclusion: Identifying the most vulnerable older adults and providing them with appropriate health care could help prevent loss of functional ability. 2025 artículo científico 2447-2115 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=739781671012 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/739781671012.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/7397/739781671012/movil 10.53886/gga.e0000285_EN en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7397 Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Brasil) Vol.19 |
| title | Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study |
| topic | Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Healthy aging multimorbidity personal autonomy physical functional performance |
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