TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Relationship between pain, fear of falling and physical performance in older people residents in long-stay institutions: a cross-sectional study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Fernandes, Sabrina Gomes
A1  - Sales, Weslley Barbosa
A1  - Tavares, Diego Villar
A1  - Pereira, Dayanna da Silva
A1  - Nóbrega, Patrícia Vidal de Negreiros
A1  - Holanda, Cristina Marques de Almeida
A1  - Maciel, Alvaro Campos Cavalcanti
SP  - e12014
EP  - e12014
VL  - 19
IS  - 19
N2  - INTRODUCTION: To analyze the relationship between pain, the fear of falling and functional performance in older people living in a long-stay institution (LSI) in the interior of northeastern Brazil. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 133 older residents in an LSI in the State of Paraíba. The instruments used for data collection were the Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM), the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). <br><br>RESULTS: Pain was reported by 57.5% of those evaluated, 48% being classified as chronic pain and presenting an average of 25.2 in the GPM. As for physical performance, assessed using the SPPB, the 133 older residents showed moderate to poor performance, with an average of 6.43 (±2.96) on the scale. By correlating the adjusted GPM values with the FES-I, a weak and statistically significant positive correlation was obtained (ρ = 0.31: p < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: It can be concluded that those who reported pain had a worse performance in the applied tests, in addition to having higher scores on the scale referring to a fear of falling.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912014
ID  - ref1
ER  -