Occurrence of falls among elderly institutionalized: prevalence, causes and consequences

被引：9

作者：

Cantalice Alves, Ana Honorato ^{[1
]}

Freire de Araujo Patricio, Anna Claudia ^{[2
]}

de Albuquerque, Karla Fernandes ^{[3
,4
]}

Souto Duarte, Marcella Costa ^{[2
]}

Santos, Jiovana de Souza ^{[4
]}

de Oliveira, Michelle Salles ^{[2
,5
]}

机构：

[1] UNIPE, Ctr Univ Joao Pessoa, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Paraiba, BR-58059900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil

[3] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil

[4] Ctr Univ Joao Pessoa, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil

[5] IDEME, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil

来源：

REVISTA DE PESQUISA-CUIDADO E FUNDAMENTAL ONLINE | 2016年 / 8卷 / 02期

关键词：

Aging; Elderly; Accidents by falls; Prevention of accidents;

D O I：

10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i2.4376-4386

中图分类号：

R47 [护理学];

学科分类号：

1011 ;

摘要：

Objective: To investigate the prevalence, causes and consequences related to occurrence of falls among institutionalized elderly. Method: Descriptive study, with a quantitative approach, carried out with 15 seniors who reside and were victims of falls in an institution of long permanence in the city of Joao Pessoa-PB. Used an instrument with demographic questions and questions pertaining to falls. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, CAAE34521414200005176. Results: The elderly 80 (12) had suffered three or more crashes, the leading cause of downfall (46.7) weakness, disturbers of balance and gait; 60 presented serious injuries, 40 fractures and 93.3 were alone at the time of the crash. Conclusion: The results obtained corroborate for the development of educational activities as to the risks of falls in order to remedy the existing factors.

引用

页码：4376 / 4386

页数：11

共 27 条

[1]

Almeida ST, 2012, REV ASSOC MED BRAS, V58, P33

[2]

Barbosa KTF, 2014, REV BAIANA ENFERM, V28, P168

[3] FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FALLS AMONG ELDERLY PRACTITIONERS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES [J].

Beck, Amanda Pacheco ;

Antes, Danielle Ledur ;

Meurer, Simone Teresinha ;

Bertoldo Benedetti, Tnia Rosane ;

Lopes, Marize Amorim .

TEXTO & CONTEXTO ENFERMAGEM, 2011, 20 (02) :280-286

[4] Theoric-phylosophic conceptions about aging, old age, aged and gerontogeriatric nursing [J].

Costa Santos, Silvana Sidney .

REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENFERMAGEM, 2010, 63 (06) :1035-1039

[5]

Del Duca Giovâni Firpo, 2013, Rev. bras. epidemiol., V16, P68, DOI 10.1590/S1415-790X2013000100007

[6] Pressure measures, capillary glycaemia, comorbidity and medications self-referred for elderly [J].

Freire de Araojo Patricio, Anna Claudia ;

Alves, Karoline de Lima ;

Gusmao Costa, Sonia Mara ;

Souto Duarte, Marcella Costa ;

Rodrigues, Tatyanni Peixoto ;

Barros de Aguiar, Michelle Salles .

REVISTA DE PESQUISA-CUIDADO E FUNDAMENTAL ONLINE, 2014, 6 (02) :676-684

[7] THE IMPORTANCE OF FALLS ON THE SAME LEVEL AMONG THE ELDERLY IN SAO PAULO STATE [J].

Gawryszewski, Vilma Pinheiro .

REVISTA DA ASSOCIACAO MEDICA BRASILEIRA, 2010, 56 (02) :162-167

[8] Physical performance and number of falls in older adult fallers [J].

Gomes, Grace A. O. ;

Cintra, Fernanda A. ;

Diogo, Maria Jose D. ;

Neri, Anita L. ;

Guariento, Maria E. ;

Sousa, Maria L. R. .

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, 2009, 13 (05) :430-437

[9]

Goncalves LHT, 2015, REV ENFERM UFPE, V9, P39, DOI [10.5205/1981-8963-v9i1a10304p39-46-2015, DOI 10.5205/1981-8963-V9I1A10304P39-46-2015]

[10]

Goulart Denise, 2010, Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol., V13, P313

← 1 2 3 →