title: [Daily living functionality in elderly adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the daily living activities in elderly adults and to determine the factors related to disability.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional and analytic study with convenience samples.
  
  
  METHODS
  both sex, without cognitive diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  socio-demographics, functionality for daily living basic activities (DLBA), functionality for daily living instrumental activities (DLIA): Katz Scale, Lawton and Brody Index.
  
  
  METHODS
  descriptive statistics and odds ratio (OR) with 95 % confidence intervals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  a hundred elderly adults, 60 % females and 40 % males. Mean age 69.71 ± 7.01 years. Functionality for DLBA: normal 26 %, very slightly disabled 33 %, slightly disabled 17 %, moderately disabled 23%, severely disabled 1 %. Functionality for DLIA: independent 8 %, moderately dependent 71 %, dependent 21 %. Associated factors for basic dependence: age > 74 years. Associated factors for instrumental dependence: unmarried.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the frequency of basic dependence was different from that reported by other authors. The frequency of instrumental dependence was greater than earlier regional studies. More studies are need to arrive at better conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Asociación Latinoamericana de Profesores de Medicina Familiar, A. C., Villahermosa, Tabasco, México. zgma_51083@yahoo.com.mx.
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zavala-González
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Domínguez-Sosa
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies