Locomoção e desempenho cognitivo em idosos institucionalizados com demência

• Autor(a) principal: Oliani, Merlyn Mércia
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Christofoletti, Gustavo, Stella, Florindo, Gobbi, Lilian Teresa Bucken
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMS
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufms.br/handle/123456789/4945; https://pucpr.emnuvens.com.br/fisio/article/view/18851
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL; Demência; Funções cognitivas; Locomoção; Atividade motora

To compare the cognitive functions of institutionalized elderly people with dementia that walk independently forms those who use wheelchair. Methods: This study was composed by 22 institutionalized old people, male and female, with moderate or severe dementia according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) and Score Clinic Dementia (CDR), aged with 75.6 ± 9.5 and scholarity of 4.8 years. The subjects were divided in two groups: a) 11 subjects able to walk by himselves (group 1) and b) 11 old people dependents by wheelchair (group 2). The cognitive functions were evaluated by means of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB), the Verbal Fluency Test and the Clock Drawing Test. To analyse the data the U-Mann Whitney test was applied, with 95% of confidence level. Results: U-Mann Whitney test pointed no significant differences between the groups to age (UMW=46,0; p>0,05) and scholarity (UMW=59,0; p>0,05). It was observed a statistically difference between groups in the BCSB (UMW=18,5; p<0,01), the Verbal Fluency Test (UMW=22,0; p<0,05), and the Clock Drawing Test UMW=15,5; p<0,01) in favor to walkers (group 1). Neverthless, this difference is not verified in the MMSE (UMW=38,0; p>0,05). Conclusion: The data showed that elderly people that walk independently have better cognitive performance when compared to those that use wheelchair. If the adoption of strategies that propitiates the non-locomotion olders conditions for a better motor performance could minimize the cognitive decline, still remains an question to be answered.