Resumen de Association of functional capacity with risk of falling in the older adults in emergency service

Juliane de Fátima Santos Antunes, Cassia Regina Vancini Campanharo, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes, Ruth Ester Assayag Batista, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno

• português

  Objetivo: associar a capacidade funcional com o risco de queda de idosos em serviço de emergência. Métodos: estudo transversal e analítico, no qual foram incluídos 101 indivíduos, com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos, de ambos os sexos, internados no Serviço de Emergência. Para avaliar a capacidade funcional, utilizaram-se as escalas de Katz e Lawton/Brody; e, para o risco de queda, a escala de Downton. Para associar a capacidade funcional com o risco de queda, utilizou-se o teste de Fisher-Freeman-Halton. Resultados: 32,7% dos idosos foram independentes em uma função e dependentes em cinco funções básicas de vida diária, 89,1% foram totalmente dependentes para atividades instrumentais e 64,4% obtiveram alto risco de queda. Não houve associação estatisticamente significativa entre as escalas de Katz, Lawton/Brody e Downton. Conclusão: a capacidade funcional não se associou ao risco de queda na população estudada. 

• English

  Objective: to associate the functional capacity with the risk of falling of the older adults in emergency service. Methods: this is a cross-sectional and analytical study, in which 101 individuals, aged 60 years old and older, of both genders, admitted to the Emergency Department. The Katz and Lawton/Brody scales were used to evaluate functional capacity and, the Downton scale was used for the risk of fallings. The Fisher-Freeman-Halton test was used to associate functional capacity with the risk of falling. Results: 32.7% of the older adults were independent in one function and dependent on five basic functions of daily living, 89.1% were totally dependent on instrumental activities and 64.4% had a high risk of falling. There was no statistically significant association between the Katz, Lawton/Brody, and Downton scales. Conclusion: functional capacity was not associated with the risk of falls in the study population.