Abstract
Functional status and qualituy of life over seventy years old. Epidemiologic sectional descriptive study, at a Primary Health Care Attention Unit in Mieres-Sur (Asturias, Spain). Random Selection (n = 300, a = 5%, E = 5%), among the over 70 population. We have investigated: Primary Sociobiological Functions (PSF), Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (SIADL), Quality of Life, and another clinical and socioeconomical aspects. We have investigated 273 over 70 people (91% of random sample, 55% women, 45% men). The 63% were people with less than seven years on enrolment in a school. The 11% were people with cognitive default impairment, 21% were people who lived alone, 26% were people who considered their incomes not enough. In 31% were people with depression (21% incidence) and 80% were people with a tipe of multiple pathology. We have obtained a result of independency of 66% and 39 in the PSF and SIADL scales. In Charts WONCA the results were: 78% good fisical level, 65% good daily activity, 46% general condition, 49% good sentiments level and 78% good social activities. In Primary Health Care quality of life and geriatric assessment are easily measuring. The big proportion of depression has neccesary been suspected at this level of care.
