Interaction between cognitive status, fear of falling, and balance in elderly persons
Clinics
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75: e1612, 2020. tab
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ABSTRACT
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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Main subject:
Fear
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Cognitive Dysfunction
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinics
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul(PUC-RS)/BR
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Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa)/BR
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Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)/BR
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