@article{ref1,
title="Study of intrinsic risk factors for falls in institutionalized elderly people",
journal="Ciencia e Saude Coletiva",
year="2008",
author="de Menezes, Ruth Losada and Bachion, Maria Marcia",
volume="13",
number="4",
pages="1209-1218",
abstract="The objective of this research was to identify intrinsic risk factors that predispose elderly people living in long-term institutions in the city of Goiania (GO) to falls. The present descriptive transversal study was carried out in six long-term institutions for seniors in the city of Goiania. 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 needfor creating strategies for health promotion, prevention of injuries and rehabilitation.   <p></p>  <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="1413-8123",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}