VULNERABILIDADE CLÍNICO-FUNCIONAL DE IDOSOS DO PROJETO IDADE ATIVA COM ATIVIDADES DE ESTIMULAÇÃO MOTORA E COGNITIVA EM PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1572411038

• Palavras-chave: Atividade física; vulnerabilidade; envelhecimento; fragilidade; cognição.

• Keywords: Physical activity; vulnerability; aging; fragility; cognition.

• Abstract: Introduction: Regular physical exercises and cognitive stimulation activities have an important impact on the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social dimensions of older people. Based on this conception, the extension project Active Agency was created, offering to elderly people living in Porto Velho city, Rondônia (Brazil), Social, motor and cognitive stimulation activities. Objective: prevalence investigation of clinical functional vulnerability in elderly people enrolled in the Active Age Project. Methods: Descriptive study and quantitative approach, with 33 elderly people (28 women) aged 67.90 ±5.43 years. Clinical- functional vulnerability was assessed using the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index (IVCF-20), a questionnaire-type instrument and physical tests organized into eight domains. The application generates a score that classifies the subject as robust (0-6 points), at risk of frailty (7-14 points) and frail (above 15 points). The research was approved by the research ethics committee of the Federal University of Rondônia (dispatch number 5.711.236). Results: Seventeen elderly people (51.51%) were classified as robust; 11 (33.33%) at risk of frailty; and 5 (15.15%) as fragile. The three domains with the highest frequency of elderly people who scored, that is, exhibited some impairment, were: mood (n=17; 51.51%), self-perceived health (n=14; 42.42%) and cognition-report of forgetfulness (n=11; 33.33%). In the domains of falls, cognition–recent worsening of forgetfulness and aerobic/muscular capacity, the number of elderly people with results indicative of impairment was nine (27.27%). Conclusion: Most elderly people enrolled in the Project are robust, but almost half of them are at risk of becoming frail. Therefore, it is necessary for the Project team to plan activities compatible with different vulnerability conditions. Furthermore, this result demonstrates the importance of evaluating the clinical-functional vulnerability of elderly people in projects and/or interventions aimed at this population.