title: Functional disability: health conditions and physical activity practice in older adults.
abstract: to verify the prevalence of functional disability among older adults and how it can affect their health conditions and the regular practice of physical activities.
  this is a household and cross-sectional study conducted with older adults of both sexes. We verified the variables associated with functional disability by Poisson's regression.
  around 420 older adults participated in this study (68.1% of them being women). We observed a statistically significant association between functional disability, the number of chronic diseases, self-assessed health conditions, and the practice of physical activities; the latter only being found among men. Older adults who reported presenting four or more chronic diseases, self-assessed their health conditions as poor, and were not used to practice physical activities, showing high prevalence of functional disability.
  considering the changeable character of these variables, we recommend that prevention actions be taken, mainly at primary level, to delay the emergence of disability.
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública. Campina Grande-PB, Brasil.
authors: Kyonayra Quezia Duarte
authors: KQ
authors: Brito
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública. Campina Grande-PB, Brasil.
authors: Tarciana Nobre de
authors: TN
authors: Menezes
authors: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Departamento de Estatística. Campina Grande-PB, Brasil.
authors: Ricardo Alves de
authors: RA
authors: Olinda
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires