Functional Capacity in Institutionalized Elders

Elderly Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of the Functional Capacity in Institutionalized Elders Who Do Not Receive Physiotherapic Assistance

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00895856
• Other study ID #: CEP - 414/2008
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 7, 2009
• Last updated: May 8, 2009
• Start date: March 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: Centro de Estudos Superiores de Maceio
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in ResearchBrazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Getting old is a process of transformation of the body that occurs along the vital cycle in a universal and progressive way causing functional restrictions in the human being. The aim of this work was to identify, analyze and quantify the limitations of the functional capacity of the institutionalized elderly who are not provided with physiotherapic assistance.

Description:

A descriptive, qualitative, quantitative and transverse field research was made, based on an evaluation of the activities of daily living (ADL) using the Katz Index, with 62 institutionalized elderly people from Casa do Pobre de Maceió, Alagoas, both genders, average age of 77.03 years old and different levels of functions. Activities related to the self care were emphasized. At first, people were classified as independent, partially dependent and totally dependent. According to the Katz Index score, they were classified regarding their functional dependency, which varies from level 0 (a totally independent person) to level 6 (a totally dependent person in the six evaluated functions).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3
• Est. completion date: December 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 60 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be elderly and a resident of Casa do Pobre de Maceió

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals under the age of 60 years and over 90, or received private care or physical therapy who refused to participate in the evaluation

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elderly

Intervention

Other:
• Evaluation of the functional capacity
An evaluation (questionnaire) was performed by the Katz Index of individuals in this group, including personal issues (sex and age) and different levels of functional independence for the elderly in their basic activities of daily living (ABVD's) such as: bathe, dress, use the bathroom for withdrawals, transfers perform, has control of the sphincters and the food itself. Subject themselves, if capable of responding to the issues of consistency index, did. The answers were given to the auxiliary nurse responsible for care to residents.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	CESMAC - Centro de Estudos Superiores de Maceió	Maceió	Alagoas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centro de Estudos Superiores de Maceio

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil,