Valoración del riesgo de caídas en pacientes con alteración en la marcha por secuelas de patología neurológica. Distrito de Salud 01D02. Cuenca, 2019.

Abstract

Background: In Ecuador, there are 16,625,000 thousand inhabitants, 10% correspond to the elderly. With the increase in life expectancy, aging causing displacement of gait, adding the variety of chronic degenerative and neurological pathologies increases the risk of falls (1,2). General objective: Determine the risk of falls in patients with neurological sequelae in the "Health District 01D02" by applying the Modified Tinetti Scale. Methodology: The descriptive cross-sectional, prospective observational investigation was carried out in 30 people with sequential functional impairment of neurological pathology, to assess the risk of falls, the Modified Tinetti Scale was applied. The tabulation and analysis of data was carried out through the statistical program SPSS 20. Results: From the sample studied, it was defined that of the 30 people evaluated, 57% were male, and 43% female, with an average age of 72 years, a standard deviation of +/- 5.21, presented high risk 60%, average risk 23% and low risk with 17%. Depending on the relationship between age and the risk of falls, there is a significant correlation with the value (p <0.05), which indicates statistical significance. Conclusions: The study showed that older adults with sequelae of neurological pathologies are at risk of falling, since there is a significant correlation between age and risk of falling, the older the risk increases.