As taxas de quedas entre pessoas idosas na comunidade têm se mantido elevadas, apesar dos esforços em desenvolvimento de pesquisas que buscam explicar o fenômeno, descrever suas causas e consequências e maneiras de preveni-las. Pessoas com 60 anos ou mais sofrem o maior número de quedas fatais. Cont...
Teoría de Enfermería,
Accidentes por Caídas,
Riesgo,
Análisis Factorial,
Investigación Básica,
Envejecimiento,
Factores de Riesgo,
Calidad de Vida,
Agudeza Visual,
Equilibrio Postural,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Movilidad en la Ciudad
ABSTRACT Objectives To describe personal conditions and home structure that predisposes the elderly to the risk of falling, in the perspective of Neuman's stressors; to describe the content, structure and origin of social representations about falling at home by elderly people; and conjecture the implic...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the symbolic elements and the hierarchical system of representations of elderly people on falls, according to Abric's structural analysis and Neuman's theory. Method: Abric structural approach developed at the home of primary care users in a city of Minas Gerais. A fre...
