title: Functional disability and socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the prevalence of functional disability and associated socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly patients of Campina Grande/PB.
  
  
  METHODS
  cross-sectional study with elderly patients of both genders. The variables associated with functional disability were assessed using Poisson regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 420 elderly patients were included (68.1% women). The highest prevalence of functional disability were found among females aged 80 or older, white, widowed, of economic classes D/E , who lived alone, with frequency of contacts of up to 224 people and diversity of contacts of up to 14 people. After multivariate analysis, statistically significant association was observed between functional disability, gender and age group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the association between functional disability gender and age group is shown to be an important guidance for health interventions since it will allow health services to plan actions aiming to improve, maintain or restore the functional capacity of the elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Kyonayra Quezia Duarte
authors.initials: KQ
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Tarciana Nobre
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estatística, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, BR.
authors.forename: Ricardo Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Olinda
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors