Cognitive state and functionality for basic activities in the institutionalized elderly
Introduction. Aging is a physiological process in which the organism constantly undergoes changes. This process is accompanied by cognitive decline as well as a decline in functionality for basic activities of daily living (ADLs). Objective. To uncover the relationship between cognitive state and fu...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Cuidarte ?El arte del cuidado? |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/72760 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/cuidarte/article/view/72760 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Elderly Cognitive state Functionality Basic activities of daily living Adulto Mayor Estado Cognitivo Funcionalidad Actividades básicas de la vida diaria |
| Sumario: | Introduction. Aging is a physiological process in which the organism constantly undergoes changes. This process is accompanied by cognitive decline as well as a decline in functionality for basic activities of daily living (ADLs). Objective. To uncover the relationship between cognitive state and functionality for basic ADLs in the institutionalized elderly. Methodology. Descriptive cross-study of 32 senior citizens of both sexes. With the subjects’ informed consent, Folstein’s Mini-Mental State Examination and the Barthel index were used on the subjects. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used in order to identify the association between variables, and the chi-squared test was used in order to identify the association with gender. A value of P≤0.05 was established to identify significant differences between both groups. Results. 56.2% (n=18) of subjects were women, and 43.75% (n=14) were men. The mean age was 80.5±8.97. The Barthel index identified that only 12.5% (n=4) were independent, while 87.5% (n=28) were functionally dependent to various levels. The Folstein test showed that 6.2% (n=2) were normal, while the rest (n=30) showed signs of some degree of cognitive decline. No significant differences in functionality (p=0.45) or cognitive decline (p=0.85) were found on the basis of sex. Spearman’s correlation revealed r=0.66 and p<0.0001. Conclusion. There is an association between cognitive state and functionality for basic ADLs in institutionalized senior citizens; the greater the level of cognitive decline, the greater the senior citizen’s functional dependency. Gender has no influence on this association. |
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