Interaction between cognitive status, fear of falling, and balance in elderly persons.
In: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Jg. 75 (2020-10-26), S. e1612
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Objective: Evaluate the cognitive function and its relationship with balance, history of falls, and fear of falling in the elderly.
Methods: We evaluated 250 elderly persons aged at least 60 years, who answered a sociodemographic questionnaire about the occurrence of falls in the last year. The cognitive function, balance, and fear of falling were assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Falls Efficacy Scale (FES-I) scores, respectively. Participants were allocated into two groups based on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score, the Group with Possible Cognitive Decline (GPCD) and the group with no cognitive decline (GNCD). We performed Student's t-test and Pearson's correlation for independent samples.
Results: The Group with Possible Cognitive Decline (GPCD) showed lower balance (p=0.003) and greater fear of falling (p=0.008) (BBS=50.98±4.68; FES-I=26.06±8.78) compared to the GNCD (BBS=52.53±3.047; FES-I=23.21±7.74).
Conclusion: Elderly persons with cognitive decline have lower balance, greater fear of falling, and greater recurrence of falls.
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Interaction between cognitive status, fear of falling, and balance in elderly persons.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Tavares, GMS ; Pacheco, BP ; Gottlieb, MGV ; Müller, DVK ; Santos, GM |
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| Zeitschrift: | Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Jg. 75 (2020-10-26), S. e1612 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2022- : [New York] : Elsevier ; <i>Original Publication</i>: São Paulo, SP : Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, [2005]-, 2020 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 1980-5322 (electronic) |
| DOI: | 10.6061/clinics/2020/e1612 |
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