Aplicativo para rastreio da fragilidade em idosos na atenção primária à saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Liliana Cruz de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/21706
• topic: Fragilidade; Idoso; Atenção primária à saúde; Questionário; Frailty; Aged; Primary health care; Questionnaire; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Introduction: Primary Health Care is the gateway to the Health Care Network, being considered the originator of care and promoting access to other health services. In addition, it is the space that provides opportunities for screening the frailty of the elderly by identifying the vulnerability of this population. Objective: Identify appropriate instruments for screening frailty in the elderly in Primary Health Care; Validate with professionals from the Family Health Strategy variables that will compose the application; to build an application for screening frailty in elderly people registered in Primary Health Care. Method: This is a methodological study, developed in three stages: The first was an integrative review about adequate instruments for screening frailty in elderly people in Health Care Primary to Health; second stage: field research with professionals from the Family Health Strategy and the third stage: construction of an application for screening frailty in elderly people registered in Primary Health Care. Results: In the integrative review, the investigations identified 23 studies with 12 different instruments for screening frailty in elderly people living in the community, in which all were used by PHC professionals and proved to be adequate in their practices. In the validation of the application's content, by the 119 professionals of the minimum Basic care team, an average agreement of 80% was reached. Then, after the validation process, consolidated from the evaluators' professional experience and scientific knowledge, the product was considered appropriate for use. Conclusion: Identifying frail elderly people in a community through a frailty screening application, understanding them in their entirety with multidimensional assessment, brings several benefits for professionals, for the elderly and the health system, since the early diagnosis of this syndrome provides the possibility stabilization or reversal of the clinical picture, reducing the risk of hospitalization, death and unnecessary referrals for specialized care. In addition, screening instruments can be considered indicators of referrals from primary to secondary care.