Functional capacity and life expectancy in elderly quilombolas.

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between functional capacity and life expectancy of quilombola elders.

Method: A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study involving fifty-nine older adults from the quilombola community of Curiaú, Macapá-Amapá. A sociodemographic form was used to characterize the sample, and Lawton's and Herth's Hope Scales were used to measuring functional capacity and life expectancy, respectively.