Qualidade de vida em idosos institucionalizados com queixa de tontura: um estudo transversal
| Autor: | Lidiane Maria de Brito Macedo Ferreira, Raysa Vanessa de Medeiros Freitas, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra, Karyna Myrelly Oliveira Bezerra de Figueiredo Ribeiro, Kenio Costa de Lima, Adriele Lins Silva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cross-sectional study Falls efficacy Fear of falling Dizziness 03 medical and health sciences Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life lcsh:P1-1091 Complaint Elderly people Medicine Homes for the Aged 030223 otorhinolaryngology Eyes open General Environmental Science 030505 public health business.industry General Medicine lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology lcsh:RF1-547 lcsh:Philology. Linguistics Berg Balance Scale Tontura Physical therapy Quality of Life General Earth and Planetary Sciences medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Qualidade de Vida |
| Zdroj: | Revista CEFAC, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 228-237, Published: APR 2018 Revista CEFAC, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 228-237 Revista CEFAC v.20 n.2 2018 Revista CEFAC Centro de Especialização em Fonoaudiologia Clínica (CEFAC) instacron:CEFAC |
| Popis: | Purpose: to evaluate the quality of life in institutionalized elderly people with dizziness complaint and to relate the results to the characteristics of dizziness and functional capacity. Methods: in this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and nineteen elderly residents in three geriatric long-term care institutions in Natal city, Brazil, were evaluated. Those who had presented dizziness in the former year (30/25.2%) were included in this study. The quality of life was measured by the Dizziness Handicap Inventory. Functional capacity was measured by the Berg Balance Scale, the Functional Reach Test, the Unipedal Stance Test with eyes open and closed, and the Falls Efficacy Scale - International. Results: associations were found between physical, functional and emotional aspects and the duration of dizziness (p=0.002, p=0.041 and p=0.004, respectively); the functional aspects with age (p=0.031), the physical aspects with the presence of falls in the previous year (p=0.039); and the physical, functional and emotional aspects of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory with fear of falling (p=0.004, p |
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