Factors influencing living space utilization among older Afro-Colombian adults.

Objectives: Investigate the factors influencing life space utilization in older Afro-descendant adults residing in Tumaco, Colombia - a marginalized region of the country.

Design: This cross-sectional study included 388 Afro-descendant older adults. The study assessed living space using the Life Space Assessment (LSA) scale and collected demographic data.

Factors Associated with Happiness in Rural Older Adults: An Exploratory Study.

Introduction: Aging is a phenomenon that has increased worldwide as a result of a higher life expectancy, evidencing situations typical of this stage, which can impact the happiness of individuals, who deserve attention and approach from mental health and public health.

Objective: to explore the association between sociodemographic characteristics, medical history and symptoms, emotional state, social support, cognitive performance, and functional dependence, in relation to happiness in older adults in a rural area of Túquerres, Nariño.

Method: cross-sectional study of association.

Factors Associated with Cognitive and Functional Performance in Indigenous Older Adults of Nariño, Colombia.

Introduction: Ethnicity in Latin America is a factor of poverty and social exclusion. Like in developed countries, demographic, medical, psychosocial, global cognitive, and functional variables interact in a complex relationship on the elderly population. Such interaction should be considered to determine cognitive and functional performance using screening tests.