The falls among the elderly constitute an important clinical and public health problem due to its high incidence with consequent elevated mortality and morbidity on this population, causing a great impact on their life, on their relatives lives and on the public health system, due to the high costs of assistance. This study aimed at investigating the fall and its consequences for the elderly people, considering the psychological and emotional aspects. Thirty two people were interviewed, 25 women and seven men, aging 60 to 98 years-old, all residents in the city of Uberaba - MG, selected at four different places: two rehabilitation centers, physiotherapy clinic, aquatic academy and two long permanence institutions. Most of the group was ret...
INTRODUCTION: Falls represent one of the major health problems of the elderly with serious adverse o...
Objective: To evaluate falls prevalence and functionality of elderly and to propose actions that pro...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
A queda de idosos é um problema de relevância para a saúde pública no que diz respeito aos desfechos...
The study aimed to identify the rate of falls in the elderly assisted by a Family Health Strategy in...
Introduction: Fall is a public health problem and the identification of associated factors constitut...
Introduction: Nursing faces daily with elderly people who live in community-dwelling and who suffer ...
A queda é um importante evento para os idosos, podendo levar a problemas físicos e psicológicos, ins...
Introduction: During hospitalization, the older people, may experience loss of function, which may b...
Trabalho de Projeto do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina apresentado à Faculdade de MedicinaNos dias de...
This is a descriptive study of a quantitative approach carried out in a Long Stay Institution for th...
This cross-sectional study falls and their consequences are serious health problems among older popu...
Introdução: Nas últimas décadas têm-se verificado que a população mundial vem envelhecendo de forma ...
Quedas são eventos, acidentais, considerados comuns em todas as fases da vida. No entanto, entre as ...
INTRODUCTION: Falls represent one of the major health problems of the elderly with serious adverse o...
Objective: To evaluate falls prevalence and functionality of elderly and to propose actions that pro...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
A queda de idosos é um problema de relevância para a saúde pública no que diz respeito aos desfechos...
The study aimed to identify the rate of falls in the elderly assisted by a Family Health Strategy in...
Introduction: Fall is a public health problem and the identification of associated factors constitut...
Introduction: Nursing faces daily with elderly people who live in community-dwelling and who suffer ...
A queda é um importante evento para os idosos, podendo levar a problemas físicos e psicológicos, ins...
Introduction: During hospitalization, the older people, may experience loss of function, which may b...
Trabalho de Projeto do Mestrado Integrado em Medicina apresentado à Faculdade de MedicinaNos dias de...
This is a descriptive study of a quantitative approach carried out in a Long Stay Institution for th...
This cross-sectional study falls and their consequences are serious health problems among older popu...
Introdução: Nas últimas décadas têm-se verificado que a população mundial vem envelhecendo de forma ...
Quedas são eventos, acidentais, considerados comuns em todas as fases da vida. No entanto, entre as ...
INTRODUCTION: Falls represent one of the major health problems of the elderly with serious adverse o...
Objective: To evaluate falls prevalence and functionality of elderly and to propose actions that pro...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...