Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly
Objective: to evaluate the functional capacity and the risk of falls in elderly people. Methods:cross-sectional study with 122 elderly subjects. Data collection was done through an interview with aid of the instruments Fall Risck Score and Functional Independence Measure. The Pearson’s Chi-square te...
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| author | Raquel Janyne de Lima Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta Thaíse Alves Bezerra Lia Raquel Carvalho Viana Gerlania Rodrigues Salviano Ferreira Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo Costa |
| author_facet | Raquel Janyne de Lima Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta Thaíse Alves Bezerra Lia Raquel Carvalho Viana Gerlania Rodrigues Salviano Ferreira Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo Costa |
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| description | Objective: to evaluate the functional capacity and the risk of falls in elderly people. Methods:cross-sectional study with 122 elderly subjects. Data collection was done through an interview with aid of the instruments Fall Risck Score and Functional Independence Measure. The Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used to analyze the data for association of variables. Results: a total of 72.1% of elderly had already suffered a fall and 96.7% had a Functional Independence Measure greater than 104, being functionally independent. Conclusion: the elderly presented complete independence in most of the items related to daily life activities; however, they are at risk of falls related to other factors, such as possible previous history of this event. According to the Functional Independence Measure, the main points of dependence are directly related to poor social conditions. Communication, problem solving and memory were the most affected aspects. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-78fc9fc471c847978fd7de7679ff13a52025-08-20T12:51:44ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832017-11-01185Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderlyRaquel Janyne de LimaCláudia Jeane Lopes PimentaThaíse Alves BezerraLia Raquel Carvalho VianaGerlania Rodrigues Salviano FerreiraKátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo CostaObjective: to evaluate the functional capacity and the risk of falls in elderly people. Methods:cross-sectional study with 122 elderly subjects. Data collection was done through an interview with aid of the instruments Fall Risck Score and Functional Independence Measure. The Pearson’s Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used to analyze the data for association of variables. Results: a total of 72.1% of elderly had already suffered a fall and 96.7% had a Functional Independence Measure greater than 104, being functionally independent. Conclusion: the elderly presented complete independence in most of the items related to daily life activities; however, they are at risk of falls related to other factors, such as possible previous history of this event. According to the Functional Independence Measure, the main points of dependence are directly related to poor social conditions. Communication, problem solving and memory were the most affected aspects.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/30824NursingAgingHealth of the ElderlyAccidental FallsActivities of Daily Living. |
| spellingShingle | Raquel Janyne de Lima Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta Thaíse Alves Bezerra Lia Raquel Carvalho Viana Gerlania Rodrigues Salviano Ferreira Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo Costa Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly Rev Rene Nursing Aging Health of the Elderly Accidental Falls Activities of Daily Living. |
| title | Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| title_full | Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| title_fullStr | Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| title_short | Functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| title_sort | functional capacity and risk of falls in the elderly |
| topic | Nursing Aging Health of the Elderly Accidental Falls Activities of Daily Living. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/30824 |
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