RT journal article
T1 Functional Autonomy Evaluation Levels in Middle-Aged and Older Spanish Women: On Behalf of the Healthy-Age Network
A1 Marcos-Pardo, Pablo Jorge
A1 González-Gálvez, Noelia
A1 Vaquero-Cristóbal, Raquel
A1 Gea-García, Gemma María
A1 López-Vivancos, Abraham
A1 Espeso-García, Alejandro
A1 Velázquez Díaz, Daniel
A1 Carbonell Baeza, Ana
A1 Jiménez Pavón, David
A1 Brandão Pinto de Castro, Juliana
A1 Gomes de Souza Vale, Rodrigo
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 functional capacity
K1 older people
K1 functional autonomy assessment
K1 aging
K1 health
AB Aging is associated with a progressive loss of functional capacity that affects the health and quality of life of middle-aged and older people. The purpose of this study was to report functional autonomy evaluation levels in middle-aged and older women in the Spanish context. A total of 709 middle-aged and older women, between 50 and 90 years old, were selected to participate in the study. The sample was divided by age category every five years. The functional autonomy levels were determined by the Latin American Group for Maturity (GDLAM) protocol and we developed a classification pattern for middle-aged and older women living in Spain. The GDLAM Index (GI) was then calculated to assess functional autonomy. The classification of the tests and the GI followed the percentile rank (P) Very Good (p < 0.15), Good (p 0.16-p 0.50), Regular (p 0.51-p 0.85), and Poor (p > 0.85). It was considered that the lower the value found for the percentile, the better the result. The GDLAM protocol showed strong reliability with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values greater than 0.92 in all tests. It is observed that all variables of the GDLAM protocol presented a positive and significant correlation with age (p < 0.001). The Roc Curve showed that GI values higher than 26 (CI95% = 0.97-1.00; p < 0.001) and 32 (CI95% = 0.98-1.00; p < 0.001) for middle-aged and elderly women, respectively, can predict and indicate low functional autonomy. The normative values hereby provided will enable evaluation and adequate interpretation of Spanish middle-aged and older women's functional autonomy.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2020
FD 2020-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24097
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24097
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026