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Effects of exergames on the balance of older adults with type 2 Diabetes Mellit...
Lima Filho, Bartolomeu Fagundes de; Bessa, Nathalia Priscilla Oliveira Silva; Ribeiro, Tatiana Souza; Vieira, Edgar Ramos; Gazzola, Juliana MariaThis is a protocol study that aims to investigate the effects of Exergames on the body balance of elderly people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The primary outcome will be body balance, followed by cognition, functional performance, manual muscle strength, confidence in balance and symptoms. depressive. The study has been registered in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (REBEC), RBR-67y6cz, since October...
The use Barthel Index in brazilian elderly: a literature review
Araujo, Elloí Anunciada Tinôco; Lima Filho, Bartolomeu Fagundes de; Silva, Amanda Carla Matias Barros da; Melo, Maria Clara Silva deThe objective was to identify the population niches of elderly people who were interviewed with the Barthel Index in the national scientific scenario. It is a review of scientific literature of the narrative type, with articles selected from 2008 to 2018 in the following databases: LILACS, BVS, and the CAPES Journal Portal. 57 articles were found, but only five were part of this research. The instrument in ques...
Gait Speed Decrease in pre-frail and frail elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitu...
Patrício, Íkaro Felipe da Silva; Lima Filho, Bartolomeu Fagundes de; Fernandes, Ana Clara Teixeira; Dias, Vanessa da NóbregaWalking Speed Decreasing (WSD) is an important data in the functional performance of the elderly and is a clinical condition found in frailty and type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2). The objective is to determine the sociodemographic and clinical-functional factors related to WSD in pre-frail and frail diabetic elderly. Age group, falls in the last year and risk of falls are the variables that are most closely relat...
Functioning of older people patients hospitalized in the medical clinic
Souza, Daniela Gabriel Rovigatti de; Doná, Flávia; Dias, Vanessa da Nóbrega; Maia, Denise Alves dos Reis; Lemos, Naira de Fátima DutraTo analyze the functional status of elderly hospitalized patients at General Hospital of the State Public Service of São Paulo. This cross-sectional study, included 100 admissions of patients aged 60 years and older, were evaluated within 24 hours of admission. The following variables were assessed: sociodemographic and clinical-functional. The older people with advancing age and clinic and functional decline ...
Postural Balance of elderly patients hospitalized in the medical clinic
Souza, Daniela Gabriel Rovigatti de; Dias, Vanessa da Nóbrega; Maia, Denise Alves dos Reis; Branco-Barreiro, Fátima Cristina AlvesInvestigated the association between postural balance (PB) and sociodemographic and clinical-functional variables of elderly patients at the admission in the Medical Clinic infirmary. Elderly people with higher age, level of more compromised cognition, worse nutritional status, worse grip strength, more diagnostic hypotheses, presence of eye and attachments diseases, deficit auditory and/or visual, falls in the...
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Soares, Renata Truglia; Ferreira, Caroline Gomes; Dias, Vanessa da Nobrega; Lemos, Naira de Fátima Dutra; Gazzola, Juliana MariaThe aging process causes the individual physiologic-functional changes, with increased demand for care, due to limitations and loss of functional capacity. There is an increase in chronic-degenerative diseases, such as dementias, characterized by syndromes of diverse etiologies, whose fundamental aspect is memory impairment, and of at least one other cognitive function (language, praxia, gnosis or executive fun...
Caring for the Alzheimer's patient: the impact of the illness on the caregiver
Lemos, Naira Dutra; Gazzola, Juliana Maria; Ramos, Luiz RobertoOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the subjective impact of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) on the lives of the primary family caregivers of patients suffering from said disease. METHOD: A cross analysis has been carried out among 29 caregivers of patients assisted. The used tools were the CBS, and a questionnaire to carry on a social survey on the caregivers and a formulary to perform an analysis on profile of the patient. Simpl...