Prática de danças tradicionais do Rio Grande do Sul como fator de proteção para a mobilidade, experiência de quedas e qualidade de vida em idosos

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Cléia Rocha de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/8839
• topic: Quedas; Mobilidade; Equilíbrio; Qualidade de Vida; Danças Folclóricas; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Introduction: The growth of the elderly population in Brazil is a remarkable and consolidated phenomenon from a statistical point of view. As a result of this phenomenon there is a necessary concern regarding the integral health care of these people. Human aging is a universal, dynamic and progressive process that leads to morphological, biochemical, psychic, social and functional transformations. Such modifications result in a decrease in the systemic functional capacity of the subject, reducing and limiting the capacity of the organism, making it more vulnerable to the emergence of diseases and functional restrictions. Objective: This study aims to evaluate if the habit of practicing traditional dances in Rio Grande do Sul constitutes a protective factor for body mobility, occurrence of falls and quality of life in elderly individuals living in the northwest region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul South. Method: A case-control study was carried out to verify if the habit of practicing regional dance in Rio Grande do Sul confers protection on the aforementioned outcomes. The sample consisted of 54 individuals aged 60 and over, of any gender, divided into two groups, practitioners (case) and non-practitioners (control) of the regional dance of Rio Grande do Sul. All subjects who accepted to participate in the research in question and had no clinical restrictions for the performance of the evaluation tests proposed. Results: The partial results show that the subjects that practice regional dance in Rio Grande do Sul differ significantly from those who do not practice it in several aspects, better mobility, self-perception of quality of life and less experience of falls for the group practicing the dance. However, the binary logistic regression analysis revealed very discrete effects in relation to the predictability of these variables of mobility, balance and falls to determine the habit of dancing: a). Specifically, to each mL of water poured in the TUG-DT test there was a 6% lower chance of the subject belonging to the dancing group; B). In addition, the fact that the subject did not experience falls had a 3.78-fold increase in his chances of being a member of the traditional gaucho dances group, although the finding had a borderline significance. Finally, there was an independent association between obtaining higher scores in the MMSE and the self-perception of quality of life with the habit of dancing, as well as a reduction in the amount of medication of continuous use in this group. Conclusions: It is possible to conclude that the habit of practicing traditional dances in Rio Grande do Sul probably gives discrete independent benefits as to the dynamic balance of elderly people living in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Region of our state and contribute contributes to a better quality of life and also, the dance may reduce the chances that its practitioners will experience falls of their own height. Thus, we suggest conducting controlled and randomized clinical trials to better understand the real protective therapeutic potential that the traditional dances of Rio Grande do Sul eventually confer on the elderly population.