Research Article
Influence of Biopsychosocial Factors on the Survival of the Elderly in Northeast Brazil—A Prospective Study
Table 3
Distribution of vital status, according to neuropsychiatric and functional capacity variables of elderly residents in Santa Cruz, Brazil.
| Variables | Vital status | | Living | Dead | | | % | | % | |
| Cognitive function | | | | | | Altered | 33 | 44.6 | 41 | 55.4 | .001 | Unaltered | 200 | 91.3 | 19 | 8.7 | | Symptoms of depression | | | | | | Present | 55 | 72.4 | 21 | 27.6 | .005 | Absent | 176 | 86.7 | 27 | 13.3 | | BADL | | | | | | Dependence | 15 | 37.5 | 25 | 62.5 | .001 | Independence | 218 | 86.2 | 35 | 13.8 | |
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