SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HAND GRIP STRENGTH AND GAIT SPEED IN LONG-LIVING ELDERLY
| Autor: | Maria Helena Lenardt, Clóris Regina Blanski Grden, Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa, Susanne Elero Betiolli, Péricles Martim Reche, Tânia Maria Lourenço |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 22, Iss 3, p e50464 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1414-8536 2176-9133 |
| DOI: | 10.5380/ce.v22i3.50464 |
| Popis: | Abstract Cross-sectional research to investigate the association between sociodemographic and clinical factors and the components hand grip strength and gait speed in long-living elderly. The sample included 243 long-living elderly from three primary health care services in Curitiba, Paraná, between January 2013 and September 2015. A significant association was identified between hand grip strength and sex (p=0.001), age (p=0.001), marital status (p=0.001), housing (p=0.001), falls in previous year (p=0.03), urine loss (p=0.001), use of cane (p=0.001) and walker (p=0.001). The gait speed was associated with sex (p=0.001), age (p=0.001), marital status (p=0.001), housing (p=0.001), falls in previous year (p=0.03), urine loss (p=0.001), use of cane (p=0.001) and walker (p=0.001). It is highlighted that the assessment of hand grip strength and gait speed helps to identify functional changes in long-living elderly and plays a fundamental role in the management of the physical frailty syndrome. |
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