Avaliação da funcionalidade e qualidade de vida em idosos com lesões em membros superiores

Abstract

Introduction: Aging is a process of progressive body changes, which promotes morphophysiological changes, making it difficult to perform functional tasks, which can lead to an increase in injuries and have a direct influence on quality of life. Objective: Evaluate the functionality and quality of life of elderly people undergoing upper limb rehabilitation. Methods: Cross-sectional and descriptive study involving elderly people undergoing upper limb rehabilitation. To perform the data collection, three questionnaires were applied in the form of an interview, a clinical socioeconomic questionnaire prepared by the authors, the Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire. And the Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). Results: The sample consisted of 30 elderly people, with a mean age of 69.53 ± 6.62 years, predominantly female (66.7%), complete higher education (46.7%), self-employed (46.7%), with a monthly income of 5 or more minimum wages. (53.3%). As for the quality of life of the SF-12 questionnaire, we obtained a result below (40.53%) in the physical component (PCS), (52.74) mental component (MCS). As for the functionality of the DASH questionnaire, the score of (40.68%) is classified as mild disability. Conclusion: It was possible to observe in the study a better quality of life in the mental component (MCS), the functionality there was mild disability in the upper limbs.