Interaction between cognitive status, fear of falling, and balance in elderly persons.

Autor:	Tavares GMS; Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa), Bage, RS, BR., Pacheco BP; Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa), Bage, RS, BR., Gottlieb MGV; Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul(PUC-RS), Porto Alegre, RS, BR., Müller DVK; Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa), Bage, RS, BR., Santos GM; Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC), Florianopolis, SC, BR.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) [Clinics (Sao Paulo)] 2020 Oct 26; Vol. 75, pp. e1612. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 26 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.6061/clinics/2020/e1612
Abstrakt:	Objective: Evaluate the cognitive function and its relationship with balance, history of falls, and fear of falling in the elderly. Methods: We evaluated 250 elderly persons aged at least 60 years, who answered a sociodemographic questionnaire about the occurrence of falls in the last year. The cognitive function, balance, and fear of falling were assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Falls Efficacy Scale (FES-I) scores, respectively. Participants were allocated into two groups based on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score, the Group with Possible Cognitive Decline (GPCD) and the group with no cognitive decline (GNCD). We performed Student's t-test and Pearson's correlation for independent samples. Results: The Group with Possible Cognitive Decline (GPCD) showed lower balance (p=0.003) and greater fear of falling (p=0.008) (BBS=50.98±4.68; FES-I=26.06±8.78) compared to the GNCD (BBS=52.53±3.047; FES-I=23.21±7.74). Conclusion: Elderly persons with cognitive decline have lower balance, greater fear of falling, and greater recurrence of falls.
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