Association between bio-sociodemographic profile and advanced activities of daily living in hospitalized elderly people

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the relationship between bio sociodemographic characteristics and advanced activities of daily living in hospitalized elderly people. Methods: cross-sectional study. Two hundred hospitalized elderly people participated. The instruments were used: Mental Status Assessment Questionnaire, Bio-sociodemographic and Health Characterization Instrument and Advanced Activities of Daily Living Scale. Results: age impacted social (p=0.024), leisure (p=0.004), intellectual (p=0.017) and religious (p=0.047) activities. Regarding gender, men presented higher scores in leisure (p=0.046) and intellectual (p=0.002) activities; on the other hand, women obtained better scores in religious activities (p=0.001). The variables "family income", "physical disability" and "physical activity" were significantly associated with the global score. Conclusion: there was an association of the variables "age", "education", "family income", "physical disability", "physical activity practice" and "health status perception" with the global score of the scale. Most of the bio sociodemographic variables showed association with the Leisure Activities domain. Contributions to practice: the elucidation of factors that may be related to the performance of advanced activities in hospitalized elderly people can support the improvement of care.

Keywords

• aged; hospitalization; activities of daily living;
• geriatric nursing.