Analysis of motor performance associated with the nutritional status of the elderly enrolled in the Family Health Program in the municipality of Vitória de Santo Antão in the State of Pernambuco

The scope of this paper was to investigate the relationship between the nutritional status and the motor skills of the elderly registered in the Family Health Program in the urban area of Vitória de Santo Antão in the State of Pernambuco, by means of a transversal epistemological descriptive-analyti...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2012-05, Vol.17 (5), p.1297-1304
Main Authors: Soares, Lisandra Delfino de Albuquerque, Campos, Florisbela de Arruda Câmara e Siqueira, Araújo, Maria das Graças Rodrigues de, Falcão, Ana Patrícia Siqueira Tavares, Lima, Bruna Rafaela Dornelas de Andrade, Siqueira, Danielle Ferreira de, Fittipaldi, Etiene Oliveira da Silva, Arruda, Silvana Gonçalves Brito de, Faro, Zelyta Pinheiro de
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Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brazil
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family Health
Female
Geriatric Assessment
Government Programs
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Skills
Nutritional Status
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Summary:The scope of this paper was to investigate the relationship between the nutritional status and the motor skills of the elderly registered in the Family Health Program in the urban area of Vitória de Santo Antão in the State of Pernambuco, by means of a transversal epistemological descriptive-analytical field study. The participants of this survey were 235 elders, both male and female of 60-years-old and over registered in the family health program in the urban area of the city. The nutritional status was evaluated by the body mass index and the circumference of the calf. Four motor tests were used to evaluate motor performance: Time Up&Go, Tinetti's Index, Functional Reach and Unipodal Support. The associations were checked using Spearman's correlation. The association of the nutritional status with the motor tests was statistically significant among males* or females**: (Time Up&Go rho = 0.290* / 350**; Functional Reach rho = 0.232* / 352**; Tinetti's Index rho = 243* / 363** and Unipodal Support rho = 221* / 475**. The evaluation of the results revealed an association between nutritional status and functional capacity of the elders no matter what gender; with obesity being a limiting nutritional condition to adequate performance in the tests.
ISSN:1678-4561