Resultados: 7

Como avaliar o risco de queda em idosos institucionalizados?

Rev. baiana enferm; 34 (), 2020
Objetivo identificar os instrumentos utilizados para avaliar o risco de queda em pessoas idosas institucionalizadas. Método Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, realizada entre abril e julho de 2018, conforme protocolo pré-definido, com definição de critérios de elegibilidade para 18 estudos da amos...

Validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale - International in a sample of Portuguese elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to translate and adapt Falls Efficacy Scale - International (FES-I). To analyze the psychometric properties of the FES-I Portugal version. Method: psychometric study. Sample consisting of 170 elderly people residing in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. A two- part form was used (soc...

Evaluation of the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls according to the parameters of the Morse Fall Scale. Method: Epidemiological, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study with n=75. Results: Average age of 71.3 years (SD±8.2); 58.7% male; 44% wit...

Falls in long-term care institutions for elderly people: protocol validation

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objectives: To validate the content of a fall management risk protocol in long-term institutions for elderly people. Methods: Methodological, quanti-qualitative study using the Delphi technique. The tool, based on the literature, was sent electronically to obtain consensus among the 14 experts...

Falls in institutionalized older adults: risks, consequences and antecedents

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the occurrence of falls in institutionalized elderly addressing the risks, consequences and antecedents. Method: Cross-sectional study carried out with 45 older adults in Long-Term Care Facilities for the Older adult in João Pessoa, Brazil, in June and July 2016. A socio...

Análise da capacidade de predição de risco e validade da Morse Fall Scale versão brasileira

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 37 (4), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Analisar o poder de predição de risco da Morse Fall Scale na versão brasileira (MFS-B). Método Estudo metodológico, longitudinal, com 1487 pacientes adultos de dois hospitais universitários do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. A MFS-B foi utilizada para avaliar o risco para quedas. A a...

Transcultural adaptation of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the transcultural adaptation and content validity analysis of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool to assess both fall risk and fall-related injury risk for hospitalized elderly in Brazil. Method: the transcultural adaptation consisted of translating the scale to...