Correlação entre o estado geral de saúde e a capacidade funcional de idosos ativos

Introduction: Due to the increase in elderly survival becomes necessary to identify the impact of functional decline in this population. Objective: To investigate whether there was influence of health condition in carrying out activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) of active elderly. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 78 elderly was conducted. A questionnaire was used to identify the profile of the subjects. To evaluate the ADL ́s was used the Katz Index, and to evaluate the IADL was used the IADL scale. The Spearman’s Rank was used to correlate variables and questionnaires. Results: The correlations tests did not significant, but there was a high level of independence in ADL as in IADL, according to the questionnaires scores. It is noteworthy that most elderly (80%) practice regular physical activity. Conclusions: Despite having diseases associates with the elderly practicing regular physical activity they were considered independent