Evaluación de la movilidad orientada por desempeño en ancianos institucionalizados e de la comunidad

Resumen

The objective of this study was to compare the values in the
subscales of balance and gait patterns of the evaluation of mobility oriented
by the performance among institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly
people. Forty elderly people of both sexes were evaluated, twenty of thenbeing institutionalized (70,05±10,35 years) and twenty non-institutionalized
(73,9±9,39 years). The values achieved in the subscales of balance and gait
were compared by means of the Student t test (p=0,05). The results showed
that the values achieved in the balance subscale in the non-institutionalized
group (X=13,35±3,35) were significantly higher (p=0,03) than the values
achieved in institutionalized group (X=11,7±2,9). For the values of gait
subscale, there was no significant difference (p=0,06) among the groups of
institutionalized elderly people (X=8,2±3,32) and non- institutionalized elderly
people(X=9,6±2,13). The data of this study revealed that there was greater
balance impairment in the sample of institutionalized elderly, reinforcing a
necessity of preventive intervention programs directed to this alternation.