[Dependency for activities of daily living in the elderly in Catalonia, Spain].
The aim of this article is to estimate the disabilty prevalence for the activities of daily living (ADL), the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and the use of health services, distinguishing between the population receiving assistance for ADL and not. Cross-sectional study (Encuesta de Salud de Cataluña [ESCA] 2006). We have analyzed 17 ADL. Differences among proportions are estimated with a 95% confidence interval to characterize the analysis groups. Logistic regression describes the explanatory variables about getting help or not. Disabilty prevalence for the ADL: 26.6% men and 48.2% in women. Of these, 79.6% is getting help. There is a socioeconomic gradient in prevalence, not being observed in relation to assistance or not. We must deepen our understanding of the phenomenon and its evolution to which the ESCA is an essential tool.
Servei del Pla de Salut, Direcció General de Regulació, Planificació i Recursos Sanitaris, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, España. pbrugulat@catsalut.cat
Pilar
P
Brugulat-Guiteras
Xavier
X
Puig-Oriol
Anna
A
Mompart-Penina
Elisa
E
Séculi-Sánchez
Antoni
A
Salvà-Casanovas
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain