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Educare

Educare

FEBRERO 2014 N° 2 Volumen 12

Factors having an influence on functional capacity in older adults and their relationship with daily life activities

Section: TEACHING TO LEARN

How to quote

Rondón N. Factores que influyen en la capacidad funcional del adulto mayor y su relación con las actividades de la vida diaria. Educare21 2014; 12(2). Disponible en: http://www.enfermeria21.com/revistas/educare/

Authors

Nery Rondón

Position

Enfermera. Master en Gerontología y Geriatría. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo (Venezuela).

Contact email: neryrondon_19@outlook.es

Abstract

Aging is associated to a series of changes in several organ systems resulting in a decreased functional capacity to perform activities of daily living.

Functional capacity refers to “ability to carry out basic and instrumental activities of daily living in an efficient way" (1). Basic daily life activities refer to those activities people need to perform for self-care and for having an independent and autonomous life style, such as bathing, getting dressed, eating, moving, sphincter control, and grooming, among others. Instrumental daily life activities refer to complex activities associated to independent life, such as cooking, cleaning, taking drugs, working, using public transportation, social relationships, using a ladder, and performing outdoors activities such as gardening, among others.

We aimed at establishing the relationship between factors influencing older adults’ functional physical capacity and both basic and instrumental daily life activities.

Keywords:

Aging; functional capacity; basic activities; instrumental activitiesdaily life activities

Versión en Español

Título:

Factores que influyen en la capacidad funcional del adulto mayor y su relación con las actividades de la vida diaria