FUNCTIONAL EXERCISES IN ‘SELF-MANAGEMENT’ AND ’AUTONOMY’ OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH OSTEOARTHROSIS DISEASE

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https://doi.org/10.5212/Rev.Conexao.v.16.15119.034

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This paper reports the project developed by the Interdisciplinary Center of Studies and Extension in Health Care to Families Living with Chronic Diseases – NIEFAM at the State University of Southeastern Bahia. The project aimed to perform and intervention, using physical activity, on the musculoskeletal system of elderly people in Osteoarthrosis treatment, and verify whether post-intervention patients presented improvement in their daily life functional capability, self-management and health autonomy. A mixed and interventionist method was implemented in the Urban Social Center of Jequié, BA, during the period March-June/2019, through a kinesiotherapy protocol, supported by instruments such as the Lawton Scale, Analog Visual Scale; semi-structured interview and clinical record and medical record for the treatment of five elderly women. The results showed positive impacts on the process of healthier longevity in the patients’ daily activities, in prevention/control of non-communicable chronic diseases, pain relief, and the significance of the interventionist method which provided the patients with the first proximal care actions.

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Luzia Wilma Santana da Silva, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Professora da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil. Doutorado em Enfermagem.

Luan Felix Silva Alves, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Bacharelado. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil.

Tatiane Dias Casimiro Valença, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Professora da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil. Doutorado em Memória: Linguagem e Sociedade.

Thais Ribeiro Nascimento, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Bacharelado. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil.

Natan Oliveira Pires, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Bacharelado. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil.

Zilanda Souza Botelho, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia - UESB

Aluna de Graduação da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB), Jequié - BA, Brasil.

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2020-07-02

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020): Publicação Contínua

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ARTIGOS

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