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- Title
Queda e medo de morrer em idosos residentes na comunidade.
- Authors
Matias Santos, Lucinelia; Trindade Santos, Kleyton; da Silva Lima, Leonardo; Silva de Morais, Karla Cavalcante; Araújo dos Reis, Luciana; Porto Dutra, Andressa
- Abstract
Population aging becomes a worldwide phenomenon, occurring on a large scale, making it necessary to pay attention to the health care of the elderly, providing an extension with quality. The objective of this study was to verify the association between fall and fear of dying in elderly residents in communities. It is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study of a quantitative character, carried out with 44 elderly people enrolled in a Basic Health Unit in the city of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied, along with Downton's Fall risk score scale for the assessment of the risk and prevalence of falls, and the Whoqol-old to evaluate the "fear of dying" theme. The data were tabulated in the statistical program SPSS 21.0, and the relative and absolute frequencies of all the variables of interest were calculated. The prevalence of occurrence of falls was 15.9%. When observing the death or dying domain of Whoqol-Old, it was observed that the elderly that falls frequently presented a lower mean score (19.64) for the elderly who did not suffer falls (29.68). It is concluded that the occurrence of fall causes an increase in the fear of death among the elderly, leading to a reduction in their independence, autonomy and consequently quality of life.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; AGING; DEATH; ACCIDENTAL falls; FEAR; RESEARCH methodology; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK assessment; QUANTITATIVE research; INDEPENDENT living; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Fisioterapia Brasil, 2020, Vol 21, Issue 3, p238
- ISSN
1518-9740
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33233/fb.v21i3.1337