Funcionalidad para la vida diaria en adultos mayores.

Objective: to evaluate the daily living activities in elderly adults and to determine the factors related to disabled. Methods: cross-sectional and analytic study with sample for convenience. Inclusion criterions: both sex, without cognitive diseases. Variables: socio-demographics, functionality for daily living basic activities (DLBA), functionality for daily living instrumental activities (DLIA): Katz Scale, Lawton & Brody Index. Analysis: descriptive statistics and odds ratio (OR) with 95 % of confidence. Results: a hundred elderly adults, 60 % females and 40 % males. Mean age 69.71 ± 7.01 years. Functionality for DLBA: normal 26 %, very slightly disabled 33 %, slightly disabled 17 %, moderately disabled 23%, severely disabled 1%. Functionality for DLIA: independent 8 %, moderately dependent 71%, dependent 21%. Associated factors for basic dependence: age > 74 years. Associated factors for instrumental dependence: unmarried. Conclusions: the frequency of basic dependence was different to reported for other authors. The frequency of instrumental dependence was major to precedent regional study. Be required more studies for better conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]