title: [Epidemiological, clinical and of functional independence profile of an institutionalized elderly population].
abstract: Descriptive and sectional study to describe socio-demographic, clinical and functional independence profile of 97 institutionalized elderly in two nursing homes of Itaúna-MG. A socio-demographic and clinical data and Independence Daily Living Activity of Katz instruments were used. It was found a predominance of elderly women (59%), mean age of 77, illiterate (55%), white (67%), single (63%), without children (68%) and 30% lived alone and had difficulty to perform daily living activities, which is the main reason for institutionalization. The majority of elderly people (72%) had cardiovascular disease; 80.4% used neuroleptics/ psychotropic drugs, only 2.1% did not use drugs and 23% were independent to perform daily living activities. These seniors require more skilled care, justified by addiction, diseases, risk of complications and medications used.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Enfermagem, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil. cristianerabelo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Cristiane Rabelo
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.forename: Tânia Couto Machado
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chianca
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004813:Epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors