Gomes Cristiano dos Santos, Maciel Álvaro Campos Cavalcanti, Freire Aline do Nascimento Falcão, Moreira Mayle de Andrade, Ribeiro Marília de Oliveira, Guerra Ricardo Oliveira
Master of Health Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2014 Mar-Apr;58(2):214-8. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.10.009. Epub 2013 Nov 2.
To examine the association between depressive symptoms and functional status in elderly people living in an urban center in northeastern Brazil.
In this cross-sectional, observational, analytic study, 313 community-dwelling elderly (age≥65 years) individuals of both sexes who resided in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, were evaluated. The Brazilian version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale was used to screen for depressive symptoms. Physical performance was assessed using the Short Physical Performance Battery. A multivariate linear regression model adjusted for clinical and socioeconomic variables was used to analyze the association between depressive symptoms and functional performance.
Our findings showed that the presence of depressive symptoms influenced functional performance, even when analyses controlled for variables such as age, sex, poor perceived health, cognitive status, and body mass index (BMI).
The results of this study reinforce the association between depressive symptoms and functional performance in an elderly population in an urban center in northeastern Brazil. These findings provide useful information for the identification of potential targets for research and therapeutic interventions aimed at preventing a decline in mobility in elderly individuals.
研究巴西东北部城市中心老年人抑郁症状与功能状态之间的关联。
在这项横断面观察性分析研究中，对居住在北里奥格兰德州纳塔尔市的313名社区居家老年人（年龄≥65岁）进行了评估，男女不限。采用巴西版流行病学研究中心抑郁量表筛查抑郁症状。使用简短体能测试电池评估身体表现。采用针对临床和社会经济变量进行调整的多元线性回归模型分析抑郁症状与功能表现之间的关联。
我们的研究结果表明，即使在分析中控制了年龄、性别、健康自评差、认知状态和体重指数（BMI）等变量，抑郁症状的存在仍会影响功能表现。
本研究结果强化了巴西东北部城市中心老年人群中抑郁症状与功能表现之间的关联。这些发现为确定旨在预防老年人行动能力下降的研究和治疗干预的潜在目标提供了有用信息。
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