Comparison of the functional profile of elderly women with urinary continence and incontinence/Comparacao do perfil funcional de mulheres idosas com continentes urinaria e incontinentes urinaria

Urinary incontinence (UI), more prevalent in women and influencing their functional decline, increases with age. Current longitudinal study with two data collection in 2005-2006 and 2011 compares the functional profile of urinary continence and incontinence in elderly women. Sixty-eight women were d...

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Published inActa scientiarum. Health sciences Vol. 36; no. 2; p. 148
Main Authors Winter, Gabriele Regiane, do Livramento, Gisele Antunes, Fagundes, Pallomma Patricia Andressa Nart, Alves, Ragami Chaves, Krause, Maressa Priscila
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Universidade Estadual de Maringa 01.07.2014
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Summary:Urinary incontinence (UI), more prevalent in women and influencing their functional decline, increases with age. Current longitudinal study with two data collection in 2005-2006 and 2011 compares the functional profile of urinary continence and incontinence in elderly women. Sixty-eight women were divided into females with urinary continence (CG; n = 62) and females with urinary incontinence (IG; n = 6). Dependent variables measured were obesity and body adiposity indexes and functional fitness. Data were given in means with standard deviation (±) and analyzed by the independent t-test (p < 0.05). There were six cases of UI. In the first evaluation group differences occurred for waist circumference (CG: 85.3 ± 9.7 cm; IG: 91.2 ± 12.4cm; t=-2.267; p < 0.05) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CG: 517.9 ± 67.3 m; IG: 463.0 ± 85.9 m; t = 2.571; p < 0.05). CG had a better functional profile, excepting flexibility and lower limbs strength, in the second evaluation. Women with UI had higher waist circumference and lower cardiorespiratory fitness. This may be due to the relationship between the variables and greater abdominal compression and functional decline. Results show that future public health strategies should focus on these factors to decrease the risk of people developing UI and to improve physical-functional and psycho-social benefits to elderly women. Keywords: aging, body adiposity, functional fitness, urinary incontinence. O risco de incontinencia urinaria (IU) aumenta com o decorrer da idade, sendo mais prevalente em mulheres e pode acelerar o declinio funcional. O objetivo do estudo foi comparar a aptidao funcional de idosas continentes e incontinentes. Estudo longitudinal com duas avaliacoes: 2005-2006 e 2011. Participaram deste estudo 68 mulheres classificadas em: continentes (GC; n = 62) e Incontinentes (GI; n = 6). Foram avaliados indicadores de obesidade e adiposidade corporal, e aptidao funcional. Os dados foram descritos pela media, desvio-padrao (±) e analisados pelo Test-t independente. Ocorreram seis casos incidentes de IU. Os grupos diferiram nas variaveis circunferencia de cintura (GC: 85,3 ± 9,7 cm; e GI: 91,2 ± 12,4 cm; t = -2,267; p < 0,05) e aptidao cardiorrespiratoria (GC: 517,9 ± 67,3 m; e GI: 463,0 ± 85,9 m; t = 2,571; p < 0,05) na primeira avaliacao. O GC apresentou melhor perfil funcional, com excecao da flexibilidade e forca de membros inferiores na segunda avaliacao. Mulheres que desenvolveram IU apresentam excesso de adiposidade central e menor aptidao cardiorrespiratoria. Tal fato pode ser explicado pela relacao dessas variaveis com maior compressao abdominal e o declinio funcional. Sendo assim, recomenda-se que futuras estrategias de saude publica enfoquem esses fatores a fim de minimizar o risco de IU, e consequentemente, refletindo em beneficios fisico-funcionais, e psicossociais a estes individuos. Palavras-chave: envelhecimento, adiposidade corporal, aptidao funcional, incontinencia urinaria.
ISSN:1679-9291
1807-8648
DOI:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i2.17877