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Relação entre acuidade visual e atividades instrumentais de vida diária em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial Relationship between visual acuity and instrumental activities of daily living of the elderly in clinical segment

Sheila de Melo Borges, Fernanda Aparecida Cintra

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia · 2010

doi:10.1590/s0034-72802010000300002 (opens in a new tab)

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Abstract

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a influêrcia da acuidade visual nas atividades instrumentais de vida diária em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial. MÉTODOS: Foram entrevistados, por meio de instrumento próprio, 64 idosos em seguimento ambulatorial num hospital universitário de Campinas/SP. Os sujeitos foram divididos em dois grupos, conforme os valores obtidos na medida da AV: o grupo I, composto pelos idosos com visão normal ou próxima do normal; e o grupo II, formado por aqueles com baixa visão. Foram realizadas correlações bivariadas entre as variáveis, a fim de identificar as seguintes relações entre os grupos de acuidade visual e as atividades instrumentais de vida diária. RESULTADOS: Foram observadas diferenças significativas entre os idosos com visão normal ou próxima do normal (grupo I) e aqueles com baixa visão (grupo II), com respeito às variáveis. O grupo II apresentou maior dificuldade do que o grupo I no escore total do instrumento, bem como nas seguintes tarefas: uso do telefone, preparo de refeições, trabalhos manuais, lavar e passar roupa e tomar corretamente os remédios. CONCLUSÃO: Neste estudo, idosos com baixa visão de ambos os sexos apresentam maior dificuldade para realizar as AIVDs do que idosos com visão normal ou próxima do normal.<br>OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of visual acuity in instrumental activities of daily living in elderly patients in follow-up period. METHODS: through own instruments, sixty-four elderly men and women were interviewed in clinical segment at an academic hospital of Campinas/SP. They were then divided into two groups in accordance to the values that were obtained through the measure of the VA: the first group consisted of elderly people with normal vision or close to the normal, and the second group was formed of those with low vision. Bivariate correlations were made between the variables in order to identify the following relations: between groups of visual and instrumental activities of daily living. RESULTS: Significant differences between the elderly with normal vision or close to the normal (group I) and those with low vision (group II) were found: the group II had greater difficulty than the group I total score of the instrument and the following tasks: telephone use, meal preparation, handicrafts, launder and take the medicine correctly. CONCLUSION: This study, elderly people with low vision of both sexes have more difficulty to carry out AIVDs than elderly people with normal vision or close to normal.

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