The relationship between social support and functional capacity in elderly persons with cognitive alterations Relación entre apoyo social y capacidad funcional de los mayores con los cambios cognitivos Relação entre apoio social e capacidade funcional de idosos com alterações cognitivas

The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between social support and the functional capacity of elderly persons with cognitive alterations. It is a descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study. The subjects were 101 elderly persons registered in Family Health Centers whose...

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Main Authors: Tábatta Renata Pereira de Brito, Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2012-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692012000400007