de Menezes Ruth Losada, Bachion Maria Márcia
Departamento de Enfermagem e Fisioterapia, Universidade Católica de Goiás, Setor Universitário, Goiânia.
Cien Saude Colet. 2008 Jul-Aug;13(4):1209-18. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232008000400017.
The objective of this research was to identify intrinsic risk factors that predispose elderly people living in long-term institutions in the city of Goiânia (GO) to falls. The present descriptive transversal study was carried out in six long-term institutions for seniors in the city of Goiânia. The investigated sample consisted of 95 elderly that fitted the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A questionnaire was used for collecting clinical data related to health-disease conditions; cognitive data; capacity to develop basic daily life activities and equilibrium and gait. In general terms, as pointed out the literature, the examined elderly presented different fall risk factors such as: motor difficulty in lower limbs (90%), visual deficit (81,1%), use of 3 or more kinds of medicines (59,7%), suspected depression (37,9%), lack of equilibrium/unstable unipodal support (37,9%) abnormally decreased height in step (32,6%). The obtained data allow us to set indicators for the increase in falls among the studied sample, demonstrating the need for creating strategies for health promotion, prevention of injuries and rehabilitation.
本研究的目的是确定戈亚尼亚市（GO）长期机构中老年人跌倒的内在风险因素。本描述性横断面研究在戈亚尼亚市的六所老年人长期机构中进行。调查样本包括95名符合纳入和排除标准的老年人。使用问卷收集与健康疾病状况、认知数据、开展基本日常生活活动的能力以及平衡和步态相关的临床数据。总体而言，如文献所指出的，被检查的老年人呈现出不同的跌倒风险因素，例如：下肢运动困难（90%）、视力缺陷（81.1%）、使用3种或更多种药物（59.7%）、疑似抑郁症（37.9%）、缺乏平衡/单足支撑不稳定（37.9%）、步幅高度异常降低（32.6%）。所获得的数据使我们能够为研究样本中跌倒增加设定指标，表明需要制定促进健康、预防伤害和康复的策略。
