Diferenças na gravidade da queda entre idosos jovens e longevos

Autor: Oliveira, Gabriela Guimarães, Neves, Bruna Borba, Jorge, Luisa Braga, Dantas Neris, Jéssika Cefrin, Rauber, Bruna Rios, Caberlon, Iride Cristofoli, Bós, Ângelo José Gonçalves
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: PAJAR-Pan American Journal of Aging Research; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016); 54-59
PAJAR-Pan-American Journal of Aging Research; Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2016); 54-59
PAJAR-Pan-American Journal of Aging Research; v. 4 n. 2 (2016); 54-59
PAJAR-Pan American Journal of Aging Research
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
instacron:PUCRS
ISSN: 2357-9641
DOI: 10.15448/2357-9641.2016.2
Popis: Objective: To observe the possible differences in the severity of the decline among elderly young and the oldest old.Methods: We identified all elderly young (60-79 years) and oldest old (80 or older) admitted to fall in 2010, in two Urgent Care Units and Emergency Hospital in Porto Alegre. Upon review of the service bulletins, data were extracted for the elderly, among them, the fall of the consequences, classified by the index proposed by Caberlon and Bos (2015). The mean decrease in severity were compared between the two age groups and tested by Student's t test. The relationship between gender, age and the degree of severity has been tested by chi-square. Results: Most attended were female (72%), among which 24% were long-lived. The percentage of long lifetime was significantly higher than the oldest (19%, p
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