Physical activity as an indicator of predictive functional disability in elderly.

To analyze the time spent on physical activity in female and male individuals as a predictor of the absence of functional disability in older adults, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 624 individuals. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves (ROC) were constructed and compared to areas of p...

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Publicado en:	Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE) Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 259 - 266
Autores principales:	Virtuoso JÃºnior, Jair Sindra, Tribess, Sheilla, De Paulo, Thais Reis Silva, Martins, Cristiane Alves, Romo-Perez, Vicente
Formato:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado:	Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo Mar/Apr2012
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Sumario:	To analyze the time spent on physical activity in female and male individuals as a predictor of the absence of functional disability in older adults, a cross-sectional study was conducted with 624 individuals. Receiver Operating Characteristic curves (ROC) were constructed and compared to areas of physical activity by gender and the absence of functional disability. We identified cutoffs of physical activity (minutes / week) to predict the absence of functional disability (CI 95%). It was found that there is a higher area under the ROC curve for the time spent on physical activities in females. It was observed that 280 minutes / week (women) or 410 minutes / week (men) were the best cutoff points for predicting the absence of functional disability. Time spent on physical activity practices can serve as an important indicator to sort priority groups for certain interventions.