RT Journal Article
T1 Functional Ability, Frailty and Risk of Falls in the Elderly: Relations with Autonomy in Daily Living
A1 Tornero Quiñones, Inmaculada
A1 Sáez Padilla, Jesús
A1 Espina Díaz, Alejandro
A1 Abad Robles, Manuel Tomás
A1 Sierra Robles, Ángela
AB The objective of this research was to determine the differences in autonomy in both basicactivities of daily life in instrumental activities of daily life, as well as functional capacity, fragility andrisk of falls between an active group and a sedentary group. The individual associations of functionalcapacity, fragility and risk of falls were also analyzed, with autonomy in basic activities of daily livingand in instrumental activities of daily living in the active group. In this cross-sectional investigation,139 people from Huelva between 65 and 87 years of age were evaluated (Mean (M) = 73.1; standarddeviation (SD) = 5.86); 100 were women and 39 men. The active and sedentary group were composedof 69 and 70 elderly people, respectively. The active group carried out a physical activity program.Among the results, a significant effect was seen in the multivariate contrast of the study variables,V = 0.24, F (5, 137) = 8.58, and p < 0.001; while in the linear regressions in the active group, the Vivifrailwith the Barthel Index (D Adj. R2 = 0.15) and with the Lawton and Brody Scale (D Adj. R2 = 0.22)were used. In conclusion, the active group presented better values in all the variables evaluatedin comparison to the sedentary group, establishing statistically significant differences. In addition,in the active group, it has been found that functional capacity is a significant predictive variableof autonomy in instrumental activities of daily living (22%), while fragility and the risk of falls aresignificant predictors of autonomy in activities of basic daily life (15%).
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2020
FD 2020-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17615
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17615
LA eng
NO Tornero Quiñones, I., Sáez Padilla, J., Espina Díaz, A., Abad Robles, M. T.,  Sierra Robles, Á. (2020). Functional Ability, Frailty and Risk of Falls in the Elderly: Relations with Autonomy in Daily Living. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(3), 1006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031006
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026