Análisis de los factores predictores de la dependencia funcional en personas mayores

Analysis of predicting factors which cause functional dependence among elderly people. This paper analyzes the relation which exists among various factors which can be considered to cause dependence (education level, physical exercise, consumption of alcohol and tobacco, life satisfaction, and income level) and the level of dependency demonstrated by different subjects during basic and instrumental activities of daily living. In this way, we can obser- ve that as education level, life satisfaction, physical activity and consumption of alcohol increase (with basic activities) level of dependency decreases. Furthermore, we can obser- ve that as negative perception toward health, perception of incapability and tobacco consumption increase (with instrumental activities) level of dependency increases.