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Study of intrinsic risk factors for falls in institutionalized elderly people
> face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The objective of this research was to identify intrinsic risk factors that predispose elderly people living in long-term institutions in the city of Goiânia (GO) to falls. The present descriptive transversal study was carried out in six long-term institutions for seniors in the city of Goiânia. The investigated sample consisted of 95 elderly that fitted the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A questionnaire was used for collecting clinical data related to health-disease conditions; cognitive data; capacity to develop basic daily life activities and equilibrium and gait. In general terms, as pointed out the literature, the examined elderly presented different fall risk factors such as: motor difficulty in lower limbs (90%), visual deficit (81,1%), use of 3 or more kinds of medicines (59,7%), suspected depression (37,9%), lack of equilibrium/unstable unipodal support (37,9%) abnormally decreased height in step (32,6%). The obtained data allow us to set indicators for the increase in falls among the studied sample, demonstrating the need for creating strategies for health promotion, prevention of injuries and rehabilitation.
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机译：> face =“ Verdana，Arial，Helvetica，sans-serif” size =“ 2”>这项研究的目的是确定内在的风险因素，这些因素容易使居住在Goiânia市长期机构中的老年人易感（GO）跌倒。本描述性横向研究是在戈亚尼亚市的六个老年人长期机构中进行的。调查的样本由符合纳入和排除标准的95名老年人组成。问卷被用来收集与健康状况有关的临床数据。认知数据;发展基本的日常生活活动和平衡与步态的能力。总体而言，正如文献所指出的那样，接受检查的老年人表现出不同的跌倒风险因素，例如：下肢运动困难（90％），视力障碍（81,1％），使用3种或更多种药物（59） （7％），可疑的抑郁症（37,9％），缺乏平衡/不稳定的单足支撑（37,9％），脚步高度异常降低（32,6％）。所获得的数据使我们能够为所研究的样本中跌倒的增加设置指标，表明需要制定促进健康，预防伤害和康复策略。
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