Profile of elderly care in physiotherapy at a federal university between 2009-2019: retrospective study

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Viviane Carla Rodrigues da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Guerino, Marcelo Renato, Rodrigues, François Talles Medeiros, Alves, Kennedy Freitas Pereira, Trigueiro, Larissa Coutinho de Lucena, Ferreira, Ana Paula de Lima, Araújo, Maria das Graças Rodrigues de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/8806
• topic: Aging; Health of the elderly; Physical therapy; Physical Therapy; Public Health; Envelhecimento; Fisioterapia; Saúde do idoso; Fisioterapia; Saúde Publica

This study aimed to analyze the profile of elderly people seen in a physical therapy research laboratory in Recife. It was a descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective study that analyzed medical records of elderly patients ≥ 60 years old, dated between 2009-2019. The variables collected were sociodemographic, clinical, and anthropometric and data analysis was performed in SPSS, version 23.0, using descriptive analysis. Categorical variables are expressed in absolute and relative frequency, and quantitative variables in mean and standard deviation. Data from 187 elderly people were analyzed, with a mean age of 68.88 ± 6.47; 154 (82.4%) were female; 80 (43%) were married and 122 (52%) lived in Recife. Of the cities in the metropolitan region, Jaboatão dos Guararapes showed a large concentration of this population. The outcomes presented a population that is overweight and whose predominant diagnosis was osteoporosis. Among the comorbidities frequently associated are systemic arterial hypertension, obesity, osteoarthritis, joint pain, and diabetes. The profile of elderly people attended at the Federal University of Pernambuco was important to identify the main characteristics of this population, their comorbidities and thus guide clinical approaches to support the Unified Health System (UHS).