Mobilidade do idoso : proposta para uma avaliação inicial

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1999

RESUMO

An instrument for the inicial assessment of the mobility in the elderly was proposed and put into practice in the evaluation of 30 people 70 years old and over, in an institution. The results were compared to those obtained with the application of the Barthel index, a scale to assess the basic activities of daily living (AOL), and to the level of independence attributed to the elders by the institution. Other iIIustrative variables, like auditory/visual acuity, cognitive level, number of diagnosis and drugs in use, were also examined. It was concluded that there was correlation between the tests, and that the proposed instrument was useful to get information about the level of independence of those elders in the ADL

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idosos - reabilitação geriatria gerontologia medicina de reabilitação

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