Care and functional disabilities in daily activities - ELSI-Brazil.
Rev Saude Publica
; 52Suppl 2(Suppl 2): 9s, 2018 Oct 25.
Article
em En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30379293
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the prevalence of demand and provision of care for the Brazilian population with functional disabilities in activities of daily living.METHODS:
This is a quantitative and descriptive study using baseline data from ELSI-Brazil (Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging), a cohort study with a representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older (n = 9,412). We considered the demand for care from the self-report of having some difficulty to perform at least one activity of daily life (eating, bathing, going to the toilet, dressing, moving in a room [ambulation], and transferring from chair [transfer]). Care supply was measured by having some help to perform the activity of daily living.RESULTS:
Approximately a quarter of the individuals evaluated (23.2%) reported difficulty in at least one activity of daily living, especially regarding transfer and dressing. Age, schooling, and number of chronic diseases were significantly associated with the difficulty in activities of daily living. Among those who reported difficulty, 35.1% received help of others and 11.8% did not receive (lack of care). The activities with greater lack of care were bathing (13.3%) and transfer (11.7%), which reveals an undignified survival condition. Care remains a family (94.1%) and female (72.1%) issue; despite the important changes that have taken place in society, there is still a lack of care policies. Of the total caregivers, 25.8% reported stopping working or studying to perform this role and only 9.2% were paid (hired ones or family members).CONCLUSIONS:
The ELSI-Brazil results reveal the expressive care demand of the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older with functional disabilities on activities of daily living and the lack of care policies aimed at this public.
Texto completo
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254988
- https://dx.doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2018052000650
- http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&nrm=iso&lng=pt&tlng=pt&pid=S0034-89102018000300514
- http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&nrm=iso&lng=pt&tlng=pt&pid=S0034-89102018000300514
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atividades Cotidianas
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Cuidadores
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article