Publications by authors named "Renata Cereda Cordeiro"
Objective: To review scientific literature pertaining to aquatic physical therapy in the elderly and institutionalized population.
Methods: A qualitative systematic review of electronic databases MEDLINE and LILACS, with the topic index terms: "hydrotherapy," "homes for the aged or residential facilities," and "aged. In light of the lack of studies carried out on the institutionalized population, we opted for reviewing literature on the effectiveness of this modality of physical therapy treatment on the non-institutionalized elderly population in order to produce knowledge that can be critically analyzed according to its potential applicability for the institutionalized population.
Factors associated with functional balance and mobility among elderly diabetic outpatients.
Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol
October 2009
Objectives: To characterize balance and mobility among diabetic elderly outpatients and to estimate the extent to which functional balance and mobility abnormalities can be influenced by sociodemographic, clinical and other functional factors in a cross-sectional study.
Methods: Ninety-one elderly (65+ years) outpatients were assessed. Mobility was evaluated by the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) and the balance, by the Berg Balance Scale (BS).
Objective: To analyze whether quality of life in active, healthy elderly individuals is influenced by functional status and sociodemographic characteristics, as well as psychological parameters.
Methods: Study conducted in a sample of 120 active elderly subjects recruited from two open universities of the third age in the cities of São Paulo and São José dos Campos (Southeastern Brazil) between May 2005 and April 2006. Quality of life was measured using the abbreviated Brazilian version of the World Health Organization Quality of Live (WHOQOL-bref) questionnaire.
Unlabelled: It is widely known that older adults, even frail individuals, can improve their physical function using appropriately targeted exercise. Nevertheless, older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been excluded from the majority of studies on exercise. The functional-task physical activity program is based on activities of daily living, and may be suited for elderly people with AD because it focuses on the maintenance and stimulation of preserved abilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The objective is to describe the functional capacity of elderly patients who took part in a six-month follow-up program at a geriatric day care center. The methods used were a six-month observation clinical study. The following tools were used to assess fourteen elderly patients over 80 years old at admission at the day care and for six months thereafter: Brazilian OARS Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire (daily life activities), Mini-Mental State Exam (cognition), Berg Balance Scale (functional balance evaluation) and Timed Up and Go Test (mobility).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the agreement between measures of caregiver's perception and health provider's direct observation of performance in daily living activities among home care elderly patients.
Methods: Performance observations were carried out among 40 elderly patients and their respective caregivers were interviewed. During home visits, data on caregiver's perception were collected by an independent observer using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) instrument.
Objective: To describe functional capacity changes of elderly during hospitalization and to assess the correlation of these changes at the time of hospital discharge and sociodemographics and clinical variables.
Methods: There were studied 94 patients aged 65 to 94 years admitted to a geriatric-gerontological hospital unit of a school hospital. The first functional capacity evaluation (number of daily living activities impaired) of the elderly patients was carried out up to 24 hours after admission and the last one immediately after discharge.