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- Title
Análise dos fatores de risco de quedas em pessoas idosas com transtornos mentais.
- Authors
de Sousa Gomes Veloso, Laura; de Souza Barbosa Suassuna, Daniella; Galvão Lucena Ferreira, Olívia; Beserra Lucena Marcolino, Alinne; Silva Paredes Moreira, Maria Adelaide; Oliveira Silva, Antonia
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the risk factors for falls in older people with mental disorders. Method: A qualitative case study, the interpretation was performed by direct observation and analysis of medical records of 12 elderly institutionalized in psychiatric hospital. Results: 58% were female, 75% aged between 60 and 69 years, 100% had independent gait and everyone had a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia. About history of falls, 57% of elderly females showed the occurrence of falls and 20% of males had the same history. The purpose of the site of the falls, 8% occurred in the courtyard; 25% in the ward, and 67% in the bathroom. Conclusion: The results reinforced the need to prevent the occurrence of falls, to ensure the institutionalized elderly person in a psychiatric hospital a process of senility decent and healthy through the planning and execution of programs to prevent the condition.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; RISK factors of falling down; MENTAL illness; PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; SCHIZOPHRENIA; QUALITATIVE research; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2014, Vol 6, Issue 5, p102
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i5.102-110