RESUMO: O objetivo deste estudo é determinar a prevalência de queda em idosos que vivem no domicílio e identificar o nível de dependência para as atividades da vida diária, entre os idosos que caíram e não caíram. Estudo transversal, com amostra por conglomerado de duplo estágio de 230 idosos, com idade acima de 70 anos, de ambos os sexos, em Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, em 2013. Investigaram-se o perfil social, as quedas, a Escala de Lawton e Brody e o Índice de Katz. Foi identificada queda em 37,8% (1-7; dp=1,0) dos entrevistados. Foi mais prevalente no sexo feminino (25,2%), em idosos mais jovens (23%). Não houve associação entre quedas e Atividades Instrumentais da Vida Diária, entretanto houve associação entre queda e Atividades Básicas da Vida Diária, pois os idosos que caíram possuíam mais dependência nestas atividades. Sugere-se que a investigação destas atividades seja utilizada como estratégia para prevenção de quedas. Palavras-Chave: Idosos; acidentes por quedas, atividades cotidianas; enfermagem geriátrica. ABSTRACT: This cross-sectional study, to determine the prevalence of falls in older adults living at home, and to identify the level of dependence in activities of daily living among those who fell and those who did not, was conducted using a two-stage cluster sample of 230 individuals of both sexes, aged over 70 years, in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, in 2013. Social profile, falls, Lawton & Brody scale and Katz Index were investigated. Falls were identified in 37.8% (1-7, sd=1.0) of individuals interviewed. Falls were more prevalent among women (25.2%), and younger individuals (23%). No association was found between falls and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, although there was an association between falls and Activities of Daily Living, as those who fell were more dependent on these activities. The study of these activities is suggested as a strategy to prevent falls.
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