O uso da terapia anticoagulante em idosos tem sido muito discutido, principalmente
após o surgimento dos anticoagulantes de ação direta (DOACs). Por anos, os antagonistas
da vitamina K (representados principalmente pela varfarina) foram a única opção de
prevenção de acidente vascular cerebral (AV...
Introdução: O episódio de queda esta presente em 40% da população idosa. A atividade física regular apresenta-se como uma estratégia de melhoria das capacidades da aptidão física e prevenção de quedas para idosos. Objetivo: analisar
a aptidão física de idosos caidores e não caidores antes e...
Objetivo: validar o conteúdo do resultado de enfermagem Comportamento de prevenção de quedas da
taxonomia Nursing Outcomes Classification em pacientes internados em ambiente hospitalar. Métodos: trata-se
de uma pesquisa de validação de conteúdo. Utilizou-se a Psicometria como método operacional. ...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Aging causes changes in men and women. Studies have shown that women have worse postural balance and greater functional dependence than men, but there is no consensus regarding this. The aim of this study was to compare the balance and functional independence of elderly ...
Abstract Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of fear of falling among a sample of elderly persons in the community, and to analyze its correlation with age, self-perceived health, difficulty walking, use of an assistive device for walking, history of falls, and functional capacity. Method: A cr...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the occurrence of falls reported by rheumatoid arthritis patients and its relation to disease activity, functional capacity and physical fitness. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study constituted by a sample of 97 rheumatoid arthritis patients from the city of M...
ABSTRACT Health self-perception is a strong indicator of the health of a population. Objective To investigate the association between self-perceived health, and sociodemographic and clinical factors in a sample of elderly outpatients in Rio de Janeiro. Methods A sample of 345 elderly patients was ass...
ABSTRACT Objectives: understand the experience of the elderly with falls followed by femoral fracture and elaborate theoretical model of this process of lived experience. Method: qualitative research with theoretical saturation through analysis of the ninth nondirected interview of elderly who underwen...
