Prevalencia de riesgo de caídas en adultos mayores del Centro Diurno Gerontológico “Juan Pablo II”. Sígsig, enero 2019- febrero 2020. Cuenca 2021

Abstract

Background: Nowadays, in Ecuador, 6.5% of the total population are elderly people; this year, it is estimated that this figure will increase to 7.4% of the total population. According to WHO data, Elderly people (EP) are most vulnerable to suffer falls and their serious consequences, due to both anatomical and functional alterations caused by aging and the lack of adaptation of the environment to (EP). (1, 39) Objective: To determine the prevalence of the risk of falls with the Modified Tinetti Scale in the elderly of the “Juan Pablo II” Gerontological Center, during the period from January 2019 to February 2020. Methodology: Descriptive, retrospective study using the clinical histories (CH) of the elderly people belonging to the "Juan Pablo II" Gerontological Care Center. Variables of sex, age and risk of falls were assessed, for which the results of the Modified Tinetti Scale of the HC applied by the staff of the Physical Therapy area of the Center were collected. The SPSS version 26 statistical program was used. To represent the values of each variable, graphs, tables of frequency, percentage and descriptive statistics will be used for the results of the database. Results: The older adults evaluated were mostly female, with an average age of 80 years and 8 months. The results showed that the group presented a low level of risk of falling with a mean score of 21.2. From the total number of participants, one third were at each level (31.8%). No association was found between the level of risk and sex (T= -1.63), but it was shown that the older the person is, the greater the risk of falling (r=-0.561).