Determinantes que se estruturam como barreiras para quedas em idodos residentes na comunidade

Abstract

Descriptive study, which aims to identify the Brazilian journals what has been published about the determinants that are structured as barriers to falls in the elderly living in the community, in the period 2010 to 2015. This work consisted of a literature review of publications available on the basis of data Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO) and in the database of the Latin American Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), available online in full and written in Portuguese. They found eight articles related to the topic of study. We used the technique of discursive textual analysis as a tool to analyze the studies that met the inclusion criteria. It concludes that the fall is an event that presents intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, multifactorial. For this, more studies are needed about the theme. Managers should be prepared for the increasing number of elderly and their greater longevity, proposing measures to reduce the incidence of the event falls in the elderly.