Analysis of possible risks of immobility syndrome in elderly residents in long permanence institutions of the Várzea community in the Recife city/PE

Análise dos possíveis riscos da síndrome do imobilismo em idosos residentes em instituições de longa permanência na comunidade  da várzea na cidade do Recife/PE

Ketlin Helenise dos Santos Ribas1*, Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas3, Paulo Henrique Altran Veiga4 Valéria Ribeiro Ribas5,  Priscilla Duarte de Oliveira6, Isabelle Marjorie Silva Salgado Cavalcanti7, Cristiana Machado Rosa e Silva Almeida2

 ABSTRACT

The number of elderly has grown gradually, and in some ways, positive as regards the rate of life expectancy. The limitations are  that the elderly in their daily activities, often because  chronic degenerative  diseases  that preclude a good quality of life and decreased mobility. In this place,  called stasis syndrome, and thus a set of complications  due  to  prolonged   bed  rest.  The  objective  of  this study was  analysis  of  possible  risks of immobility syndrome  (IS) in  elderly residents in long permanence institutions. This study was cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive, quantitative and  qualitative,  case  study and  fieldwork. The subjects were assessed using a  questionnaire  and  analyzed  by Fisher exact test, expressed  in percentages  and  represented  in the table.  It was observed  that out of 92  seniors, 20  (21.73%, p<0.05) classified as totally dependent  and  16 (17.39%,   p<0.05)  without  cognitive  impairment  are  on  the  verge  of  IS,  but  patients  provided  partial dependence  6  (6.52%)  and   10   (10.86%)  with cognitive  impairment  showed  no  statistically  significant difference between  the predicted  and  observed  values.