Caracterização do perfil funcional de idosos saudáveis

• Autor(a) principal: Bezerra, Bruno Henrique e Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/34141
• topic: Idoso. Atenção à saúde. Rastreamento. Velocidade de caminhada. Força muscular.; Aged. Health care. Screnneing. Walking speed. Muscle strength.

Objective: To describe the performance of healthy elderly people in the modified physical performance test. Méthods: This was a transversal research, exploratory and descriptive. The collections were carried out from May to June 2018 in the city of Santa Cruz, state of Rio Grande do Norte. The population of this study was composed of 9 elderly people with mean age of 70.66 (± 5.38), selected by non-probabilistic sampling. Sociodemographic data, life habits and self-reported health status were evaluated, as well as their functional capacity with the modified physical performance test, an instrument that evaluates multiple domains of physical function by performing 9 tasks that simulate activities of daily living and instrumental. The descriptive analyzes of the study variables were analyzed by the absolute and relative frequency distribution for the categorical variables, and measures of central tendency and dispersion for the continuous variables. Results: The mean score of the sample was 27.55 points, being possible to observe similarities among the elderly of the sample in the tests of lower limbs strength, walking speed and balance. When observed separately, it was possible to see the functional profile of each elderly person through his behavior in each activity. Conclusion: The modified physical performance test is shown as an alternative for the functional evaluation of the elderly, being able to describe experimentally their functionality, in order to show a starting point for health interventions.