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Population ageing in Angola is rapidly increasing, highlighting the urgent need for scalable strategies to detect and manage functional decline in older adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework provides a structured and evidence-based approach to assess intrinsic capacity and guide community-level interventions (World Health Organization, 2017). This study aimed to evaluate intrinsic capacity domains and demographic characteristics of peri-urban older adults in Luanda using the ICOPE screening approach. A cross-sectional study was conducted among community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years and above. Intrinsic capacity domains assessed included cognition, psychological status, locomotion, nutrition, and sensory function. Descriptive and inferential analyses were performed to determine the prevalence of impairments and their associations with demographic variables. The findings revealed a high prevalence of impairments across multiple domains. Cognitive decline was identified in 61% of participants, depressive symptoms in 56%, locomotor impairment in 44%, and nutritional risk in 22%. Hearing function was preserved in all participants. No statistically significant associations were found between gender and intrinsic capacity domains (p>0.05), and age was not significantly associated with total impairment burden. These results indicate a substantial burden of functional decline among older adults in peri-urban Luanda, likely reflecting socioeconomic vulnerability and limited access to integrated health services. Similar patterns have been reported in low- and middle-income settings, where intrinsic capacity declines are often underdiagnosed and insufficiently managed (Beard et al., 2016). The findings support the feasibility and relevance of implementing ICOPE screening in primary care and community settings in Angola. Integrating physiotherapy-led interventions—including exercise programs, fall prevention strategies, cognitive stimulation, and nutritional support—may significantly contribute to preserving functional ability and promoting healthy ageing (Cesari et al., 2018). Keywords Intrinsic Capacity; ICOPE; Healthy Ageing; Older Adults; Community Health; Physiotherapy Description This study evaluates intrinsic capacity using the WHO ICOPE framework in peri-urban Angola, supporting scalable strategies for early detection and management of functional decline in community-based and primary care settings. References World Health Organization. (2017). Integrated care for older people: Guidelines on community-level interventions to manage declines in intrinsic capacity. Geneva: WHO.https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241550109 Beard, J. R., Officer, A., de Carvalho, I. A., Sadana, R., Pot, A. M., Michel, J. P., Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Epping-Jordan, J. E., Peeters, G., Mahanani, W. R., Thiyagarajan, J. A., & Chatterji, S. (2016). The World report on ageing and health: A policy framework for healthy ageing. The Lancet, 387(10033), 2145–2154.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00516-4 Cesari, M., Araujo de Carvalho, I., Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, J., Cooper, C., Martin, F. C., Reginster, J. Y., Vellas, B., & Beard, J. R. (2018). Evidence for the domains supporting the construct of intrinsic capacity. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 73(12), 1653–1660.https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly011