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Multimorbidity is associated with low functional ability in older adults living in a German-colonized city in southern Brazil: a population-based study

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  • Additional Information
    • Publication Information:
      Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2025.
    • Publication Date:
      2025
    • Collection:
      LCC:Nursing
      LCC:Geriatrics
      LCC:Public aspects of medicine
    • Abstract:
      Objective: To analyze the association between multimorbidity and low functional ability in older adults in southern Brazil. Methods: In a cross-sectional population-based study, we analyzed a sample of 435 persons aged 60–79 years old. Functional ability was estimated using a scale 0 to 100, stratified into quartiles, and the presence of diseases was self-reported. The association between multimorbidity and low functional ability (lowest quartile or less) was estimated by logistic regression. Results: The frequency of multimorbidity was 85.5% and the median functional ability score was 70. There was an inverse correlation between functional ability score and the number of chronic diseases (rho= -0.48; p
    • File Description:
      electronic resource
    • ISSN:
      2447-2123
    • Relation:
      https://cdn.publisher.gn1.link/ggaging.com/pdf/en_v19e0000285.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2447-2123
    • Accession Number:
      10.53886/gga.e0000285_EN
    • Accession Number:
      edsdoj.54b808587b0d4ac58088a08b34bc0109