Aplicación de escalas de tineti para prevenir el riesgo de caídas en los Adultos Mayores del Asilo León Rúales de la ciudad de Ibarra

The research was aimed at older adults, the main objective of the research project was to apply the Tinetti scale to prevent the risk of falls in older adults at the León Rúales Asylum in the City of Ibarra. The research was developed in a quantitative modality, thescope of descriptive and field type, methods at a theoretical level of knowledge such as inductive deductive, analytical-synthetic, historical-logical and bibliographic research, thus obtaining the context of the problem. The population studied was older adults from the León Rúales Asylum in which the Tinetti assessment scale was applied for the respective data collection: considering that the prevalent gender is male with 70%, it wasalso obtained the percentage of the age of older adults who are most at risk of falls, with32% of those aged 76 years and older being the most vulnerable. Among the most notableresults, 92% of older adults have multiple hesitations when walking, and 60% of older adults do not have a very good fluidity of gait. Also, a 60% percentage in the assessmentof the trunk indicates that they cannot do it alone when swinging and therefore need help.This data supported the Tinetti assessment scale for the prevention of falls in older adults, and allows for contributions to new research to strengthen knowledge.

• Hlavní autor: Hernandez Paillacho, Carla Elizabeth (author)
• Médium: bachelorThesis
• Jazyk: spa
• Vydáno: 2024
• Témata: ADULTOS MAYORES; RIESGO; DESCRIPTIVA
• On-line přístup: https://dspace.uniandes.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18807