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Falls, fear of falling and functional capacity: Overview of elderly people enrolled in a family health unit
| Resumo: | Objective: to evaluate the functional capacity and fear of falling in elderly people enrolled in a family health unit. Method: descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in January 2019, at the homes of 157 elderly people registered in a family health unit in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. For data collection, a semi-structured instrument was used, composed of sociodemographic questions, history of falls, the Barthel index and the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. The analysis was carried out by descriptive and inferential statistics, using the Spearman correlation test. Results: there was a correlation between activities that make up the analysis of functional capacity and the fear of falling, in which there was statistical significance between them, verifying that the lower the functional capacity, the greater the fear of falling. Final Considerations: it was concluded that, in view of the physiological, social, and psychological decline resulting from human aging, it is important to plan interventions that address the fear of falling in the elderly, in order to preserve their functional capacity. |
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| Autores principais: | Sousa, Isabela Lohanny Pereira dos Santos |
| Outros Autores: | Oliveira, Fabiana Maria Rodrigues Lopes de; Barbosa, Keylla Talitha Fernandes; Guimarães, Keyth Sulamita de Lima; Leal, Natália Pessoa da Rocha; Madruga, Kaisy Martins de Albuquerque |
| Assunto: | Saúde do Idoso Atividades Cotidianas Acidentes por Quedas Health of the Elderly Activities of Daily Living Accidental Falls Salud del Anciano Actividades Cotidianas Accidentes por Caídas |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | IBICT |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Oasisbr |
| Resumo: | Objective: to evaluate the functional capacity and fear of falling in elderly people enrolled in a family health unit. Method: descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in January 2019, at the homes of 157 elderly people registered in a family health unit in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. For data collection, a semi-structured instrument was used, composed of sociodemographic questions, history of falls, the Barthel index and the Falls Efficacy Scale-International. The analysis was carried out by descriptive and inferential statistics, using the Spearman correlation test. Results: there was a correlation between activities that make up the analysis of functional capacity and the fear of falling, in which there was statistical significance between them, verifying that the lower the functional capacity, the greater the fear of falling. Final Considerations: it was concluded that, in view of the physiological, social, and psychological decline resulting from human aging, it is important to plan interventions that address the fear of falling in the elderly, in order to preserve their functional capacity. |
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