Abstract Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool Self-report Into Brazilian Portuguese and to correlate with the history of falls. Methods: The translation and transcultural adaptation process followed international parameters. The Home Falls and A...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association of the perception of the elderly on the risk factors for falls. Methods: An Analytical cross-sectional study with 190 elderly from the Healthy Longevity Program of a public university in Mato Grosso, from May to August 2016. The collection wasdone through ...
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a correlação entre a independência funcional e o risco de quedas em um grupo de idosos institucionalizados. Método Estudo transversal, observacional, quantitativo, realizado em três Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos no Município de Belém, de ambos os g...
RESUMO Objetivo Identificar o risco de quedas em idosos em um hospital da região do Trairi, no Rio Grande do Norte; descrever a relação entre risco de quedas e as características sociodemográficas dos participantes. Método Estudo descritivo, transversal, quantitativo, realizado em um hospital r...
Parkinson's disease cannot be cured but symptoms can be improved by making use of physical therapy. The objective of the study was to compare the effect of routine exercises and Tai Chi on physical and clinical performance in elderly people suffering from Parkinson's disease. Data from interviews, physic...
Quedas podem gerar prejuízos físicos e/ou psicológicos nos pacientes hospitalizados, além de aumento do tempo de permanência e custos da internação. Dentre os múltiplos fatores de risco associados à ocorrência de quedas, o uso de medicamentos que potencializam o risco e a polifarmácia devem se...
Objective:To identify scientific evidence published from 2009 to July 2020 on strategies to prevent falls in puerperal women. Methods:This is an integrative review of the literature in the electronic databases: The US National Library of Medicine, Literatura Latino-Americana e do Cari...
Presentamos el caso de un paciente varón de 37 años que llegó al servicio de urgencias a raíz de traumatismo de alta energía (caída en bicicleta). Previa valoración inicial y una vez descartadas lesiones vitales. se
objetiva dolor y deformidad en muñeca derecha, por lo que se realiza radiografía...
Stolt, Lígia Raquel Ortiz Gomes;
Kolish, Daniel Vieira;
Cardoso, Maria Regina Alves;
Tanaka, Clarice;
Vasconcelos, Erika Flauzino Silva;
Pereira, Elaine Cristina;
Dellú, Máyra Cecilia;
Pereira, Wendry Maria Paixão;
Aldrighi, José Mendes;
Schmitt, Ana Carolina Basso.
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of accidental falls in women and to identify possible associations of sociodemographic, clinical and lifestyle variables with falls, in 2007 and 2014. METHODS Two cross-sectional studies were performed, in 2007 and 2014, within the Projeto de Saúde de Pi...
Introduction
Falls in the elderly represent important alterations in functionality and are given by intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, which constitute an increase in morbidity and mortality, so a
preventive care plan must be carried out.
Objective
To describe the risk factors associated with falls of...
