Evaluation of balance, functionality and quality of life in institutionalized, community and household elderly in the city of Erechim
Objective: To assess and correlate balance, functionality and quality of life in institutionalized, community and domiciled elderly people in the city of Erechim. Methods: The following tests were applied: To assess cognitive status, the Mini Mental State Examination was used; to assess body balance...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI) |
| Repositório: | Research, Society and Development |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23412 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23412 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Elderly Balance Functionality Quality of life. Anciano Equilibrio Funcionalidad Calidad de vida. Idosos Equilíbrio Funcionalidade Qualidade de vida. |
| Resumo: | Objective: To assess and correlate balance, functionality and quality of life in institutionalized, community and domiciled elderly people in the city of Erechim. Methods: The following tests were applied: To assess cognitive status, the Mini Mental State Examination was used; to assess body balance, the Berg Balance Scale and the Timed up and go test were used; the Barthel Index used to assess functionality and to assess quality of life, the instrument used was the WHOQOL-BREF. Data analysis was collected through descriptive and inferential statistics and the data represented through graphs and tables with mean and percentage. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was applied, with p≤ 0.05 and the non-parametric Spearman correlation and Pearson correlation tests for the groups, considering p<0.05 as significant. Results: For the Berg Scale there was a statistically significant difference between groups 1, 2 and 3 when performing the ANOVA test. When applied to WHOQOL-BREF, there was a statistically significant difference for perceived quality of life. There was also a statistically significant difference for the psychological domain and for the environment domain. Conclusion: It can be concluded that an active and interactive life reflects on aging, promoting a better quality of life. |
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