Avaliação da capacidade funcional em idosos praticantes de um programa de fisioterapia cardiovascular na atenção primária

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effects of the cardiovascular physiotherapy program on functional capacity in the elderly in primary care. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study with voluntary non-probabilistic sampling with 50 elderly residents in Goiânia / GO, divided into the Physiotherapy Group (PG) and the Control Group (CG). The instrument used for the evaluation was the six-minute walk test (6MWT). The elderly had been participating in the FISIOCAP program for at least 6 months. The program was carried out twice a week, lasting 90 minutes, and the sessions consisted of a warm-up phase (10 minutes), conditioning (60 minutes), calm down (10 minutes) and health education (10 minutes). And the CG during the study maintained their usual activities. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 26.0 statistical package and homogeneity between groups was performed using t Student's test and Pearson's chi-square test. Adopting a significance level of 5% (p <0.05) in all analyzes. Results: The final sample was composed by 45 elderly people, predominantly female, with an average age of 66.58 ± 7.67 years, the groups did not present statistical difference between them. According to the result of the 6MWT, the PG presented the highest functional capacity compared to the CG. Conclusion: This study identified that the capacity of the elderly who participate in a cardiovascular physiotherapy program is greater than that of the elderly in the community in general being equal for men and women.