PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION: an integrative literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Silveira, Gabriela Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Martins , Raphael Cezar Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Scientia Generalis
• Texto Completo: https://scientiageneralis.com.br/index.php/SG/article/view/426
• topic: Calidad de vida; Personas mayores; Fisioterapia; Quality of life; Seniors; Physiotherapy; Qualidade de vida; Idosos; Fisioterapia

Aging is considered a complex process that brings considerable changes in the daily activities of the elderly. The present work sought to describe physiotherapeutic interventions aimed at improving the quality of life of the elderly population. An integrative literature review was carried out, with a descriptive qualitative approach, in order to compile knowledge that offers theoretical subsidies to be put into practice by the physical therapist. Scientific Electronic Library Online and academic Google databases were consulted from March to June 2022, with publications from 2018 to 2022. The reviewed literature pointed out that the physical therapist along with the multidisciplinary team can contribute to compensate the elderly in the inevitable losses to aging and allow senile people to live more active, supported by strategies that involve prevention, treatment of diseases and resources aimed at reducing the physical limitations inherent to this process. The family is a strong ally in working for the well-being of the elderly, motivating them to face the challenges of old age. Another issue noted in the works used in this review is that the circumstances of the isolation of the pandemic still make many people avoid social interaction. Based on these results, it was considered appropriate to present the VIVIFRAIL exercise protocol developed with the efforts of Information Technology, recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and which brings together specific physical activities to be performed with the presence of a physical therapist or by videoconference. Different physiotherapeutic measures and interventions can be advised to the elderly population to improve their quality of life, and can contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases and physical limitations typical of this very special phase in people's lives.