Kleyton Trindade Santos|Marcos Henrique Fernandes|Luciana Araújo dos Reis|Raildo Silva Coqueiro|Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha
Depressive symptoms and motor performance in the elderly: a population based study
Southwest Bahia State University|Southwest Bahia State University|Southwest Bahia State University|Southwest Bahia State University|Southwest Bahia State University
background growing incidence depression elderly impairment interferes directly reduction motor skills objectve study aims examine association depressive symptoms motor performance communitydwelling elderly method crosssectional study analyzed data 316 elders home populationbased epidemiological survey information used sociodemographic characteristics motor performance tests physical activity geriatric depression scale data analyzed using statistical package social sciences mannwhitney u test chisquare spearman correlation poisson regression confidence interval 95 calculated results motor tests motor performance negatively associated depressive symptoms regardless gender age literacy illiteracy per capita income physical activity elderly people depressive symptoms 58 82 functional limitation depending motor performance test compared depressed conclusions inverse relationship depressive symptoms motor performance elderly