The increase in life expectancy and the following growth of the elderly population has modified the morbimortality profile. The functional decline that occurs with aging is one of the factors that cause falls in the elderly. Falls are common and serious accidents, and are responsible for a large number of injuries and fractures, which causes longer be considered a geriatric syndrome. The objective of this study was to assess the fall risks in elderly that attend the Regional Centre of Studies Applied to Third Age of the University of Passo Fundo UPF. To collect the data, the Downton fall risk protocol was used. The sample was composed of 68 elderly individuals, 31 (45.5%) showed risk for falls, and in those who showed risk for falls, 24 (77...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...
Objective: To identify the multidimensional risk factors for falls, present in a sample of elderly r...
As quedas estão entre as principais causas de morbimortalidade em indivíduos idosos. Devido a sua na...
A queda é um importante evento para os idosos, podendo levar a problemas físicos e psicológicos, ins...
Trata-se de um estudo realizado na população de idosos não institucionalizados residentes na cidade ...
Introdução: À medida que os anos passam, o risco de cair aumenta substancialmente e transforma a que...
INTRODUCTION: Falls represent one of the major health problems of the elderly with serious adverse o...
OBJETIVO: Identificar fatores associados a quedas e a quedas recorrentes em idosos vivendo na comuni...
Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar a presença de fatores intrínsecos que predispõem a qued...
This cross-sectional study falls and their consequences are serious health problems among older popu...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
This is a descriptive study of a quantitative approach carried out in a Long Stay Institution for th...
The falls among the elderly constitute an important clinical and public health problem due to its hi...
Objective: To evaluate falls prevalence and functionality of elderly and to propose actions that pro...
As quedas estão entre as principais causas de morbimortalidade em indivíduos idosos. Devido a sua na...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...
Objective: To identify the multidimensional risk factors for falls, present in a sample of elderly r...
As quedas estão entre as principais causas de morbimortalidade em indivíduos idosos. Devido a sua na...
A queda é um importante evento para os idosos, podendo levar a problemas físicos e psicológicos, ins...
Trata-se de um estudo realizado na população de idosos não institucionalizados residentes na cidade ...
Introdução: À medida que os anos passam, o risco de cair aumenta substancialmente e transforma a que...
INTRODUCTION: Falls represent one of the major health problems of the elderly with serious adverse o...
OBJETIVO: Identificar fatores associados a quedas e a quedas recorrentes em idosos vivendo na comuni...
Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar a presença de fatores intrínsecos que predispõem a qued...
This cross-sectional study falls and their consequences are serious health problems among older popu...
The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is h...
This is a descriptive study of a quantitative approach carried out in a Long Stay Institution for th...
The falls among the elderly constitute an important clinical and public health problem due to its hi...
Objective: To evaluate falls prevalence and functionality of elderly and to propose actions that pro...
As quedas estão entre as principais causas de morbimortalidade em indivíduos idosos. Devido a sua na...
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge of the elderly in relation to ri...
Objective: To identify the multidimensional risk factors for falls, present in a sample of elderly r...
As quedas estão entre as principais causas de morbimortalidade em indivíduos idosos. Devido a sua na...