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		𝑃
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
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