• Clinics · Jan 2020

    Interaction between cognitive status, fear of falling, and balance in elderly persons.

    • Graziela Morgana Silva Tavares, Bárbara Palma Pacheco, Maria Gabriela Valle Gottlieb, Daniela Virote Kassick Müller, and Gilmar Moraes Santos.
    • Universidade Federal do Pampa (Unipampa), Bage, RS, BR.
    • Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2020 Jan 1; 75: e1612.

    ObjectiveEvaluate the cognitive function and its relationship with balance, history of falls, and fear of falling in the elderly.MethodsWe 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.ResultsThe 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).ConclusionElderly persons with cognitive decline have lower balance, greater fear of falling, and greater recurrence of falls.

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