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de Souza, Flávia Cristina Sierra d89052dc-72a2-4c1e-8659-1150973c0ea0 500 Laranjeira, Carlos 1085b55d-b136-4a05-8e94-84a75323a1f6 600 Salci, Maria Aparecida 3ab1e38a-2917-4389-9a67-597707054fb0 600 Höring, Carla Franciele 81feb4fc-dc48-40f5-805c-31f20a04ffaf 600 Góes, Herbert Leopoldo de Freitas e8b88478-11fc-487e-82c3-08938e4c04b5 600 Baldissera, Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi 2a6f089a-83df-45aa-b6af-aba43610e205 600 Moura, Débora df275486-88ab-4c53-9cab-534e0434d1c1 500 Meireles, Viviani Camboin d57147fc-dbb0-461f-91af-00e8f8dba07b 500 Prado, Maria Fernanda 0067dbd6-ba29-41fe-95a7-84600364f26f 500 Betiolli, Susanne Elero 4f195753-64ac-40d3-a820-2977bc6a1cdb 500 Puente Alcaraz, Jesús 630 500 0000-0002-6450-5599 Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre Molena bb022216-abd9-45bb-ad10-87bfe5722bea 500 Carreira, Lígia 617f7afb-6bbe-47ec-ad10-173897a5f9bc 600 2026-02-12T10:14:37Z 2026-02-12T10:14:37Z 2024-12 https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11362 10.3390/JCM14010009 2077-0383 Background/Objectives: Evidence suggests that older adults who survived COVID-19 were exposed to greater functional dependence in their daily living activities. This study aims to examine the prevalence of functional dependence and associated factors among Brazilian older people with functional dependence 12 months after COVID-19 infection. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving people aged 60 years or older in the state of Paraná, Brazil. One year after notification or hospital discharge due to COVID-19, between June 2021 and March 2022, participants responded to a questionnaire via telephone call about sociodemographic data and data on functionality using the Measure of Functional Independence (FIM). The outcome variable “assessment of functional capacity” was divided into functional dependence (FIM Total < 104) and functional independence (FIM Total ≥ 104). Results: A total of 768 older adults participated, with an average age of 68.03 ± 6.8 years (range between 60 and 100). A majority of them were female (50.3%), white (46%), with low education (37.4%), had a partner (56.3%), did not live alone (72.4%), and had their own home (52.2%). The prevalence of functional dependence was 7.2%. On average, participants scored 5.4 points lower on FIM one year after COVID-19 infection compared with those in the acute phase of COVID-19 (125.5 vs. 120.1; p < 0.001). Functional dependence was higher (p < 0.05) among women when compared to men (aOR = 2.28); in people who changed their work situation due to COVID-19 when compared to those with no change (aOR = 5.27); in people with fair/poor/bad self-reported health compared to those with excellent/good health (aOR = 2.97); in people with cardiovascular symptoms compared to those without cardiovascular symptoms (aOR = 3.37); and among the most severe cases of the disease (treatment in ICU) compared to mild cases (outpatient treatment) (aOR = 10.5). Conclusions: Most participants presented functional independence 12 months after COVID-19 infection. Cases of functional dependence were influenced by multidimensional factors, including physical health, economic, and psychosocial aspects. This work was funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)—grant number: 001/2023. It was also supported by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; I.P. (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020); and by the Scientific Employment Stimulus—Institutional Call—(https://doi.org/10.54499/CEECINST/00051/2018/CP1566/CT0012, accessed on 20 December 2024). application/pdf eng MDPI Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024, V. 14, n. 9, p. 1-17 https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14010009 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Functional status COVID-19 Daily living activities Older people Brazil Covid-19 COVID-19 (Disease) Salud pública Public health Ancianos Older people Functional Capacity Among Brazilian Older Adults 12 Months After COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Journal of Clinical Medicine 14 9 1 17 THUMBNAIL Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf.jpg Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 4724 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11362/4/Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf.jpg d3a62e1685250ecfb0bc51262a8fff9e MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 999 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11362/3/license.txt b295bcbce42e2caabeb0c623d3860c06 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 908 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11362/2/license_rdf 0175ea4a2d4caec4bbcc37e300941108 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf application/pdf 310448 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/11362/1/Sierra_de_Souza-jocm_2024.pdf 90ff5b5312ab4c1d1a2dc4e0b4603198 MD5 1 10259/11362 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/11362 2026-02-13 02:05:51.162 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es 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