期刊名称：Conexões : Revista da Faculdade de Educação Física - UNICAMP
印刷版ISSN：1516-4381
出版年度：2009
卷号：7
期号：02
出版社：Faculty of Physical Education, State University of Campinas
摘要：his study had the objective to analyze the functional capacity for the accomplishment of the daily life
activities (DLAs) of elderly, that are residents in the assistance institutions of the city of Maringa/PR, as
well as to determinate the average of age, prevalence of gender, functional capacity correlated with the
chronological age and the gender, just like the institutionalization time. The used instrument was the
entitled protocol “Ficha de Auto-Avaliação da Capacidade Funcional” composed with 18 items that
evaluate the individual capacity of realizing the basic daily life tasks of one elder. The study was
developed in three philanthropic asylum institutions of the city of Maringá-PR, with 70 elderly. From this
total 40 of feminine gender and 30 of masculine gender, with the age varying between 60 and 101 years old, in an understood period between August and October of 2008. It was gotten as results one high index
of dependence in the accomplishment of the daily life activities, being the functional capacity classified
as low (47%) or moderate (49%). The study even showed a low index of total independence (4%) besides
the importance of the participation of the health area professionals duly qualified. This way, they will be
able to assist in the limitations of the functional capacity searching for prevention and early rehabilitation.
