Background: urinary incontinence (ui) is a common clinical condition among elderly people and may interfere with quality of life (Qol). For this reason, assessing its repercussions becomes important. objective: to ascertain how elderly women undergoing physical therapy for ui perceived their current Qol. method: this was a qualitative study that investigated Qol from the perspective of twelve elderly women aged 60 years and over, by means of individual semistructured interviews. the sample size was determined by saturation. the interviews were recorded, transcribed and then analyzed using the content analysis technique. Results: Qol was correlated with health, autonomy, personal relationships, financial stability and active life. psychological impairment was associated with concern and disgust regarding urine loss and fear that this might occur in inappropriate places. embarrassment because other people had noticed the smell of urine, and previous experience of similar embarrassing situations, was associated with social impairment. Conclusion: Content analysis on the interviews allowed the conclusion that, even though ui was present in these elderly women's lives and caused psychological and social harm, they had a positive perception of their QOL.
Contextualização: O decréscimo da função dos músculos quadríceps (Q) e isquiotibiais (IT) apresenta-se potencializado na população idosa com osteoartrite (OA) de joelhos, podendo ser atribuído ao menor nível de atividade física (NAF) ou à dor e ao edema. Objetivos: Comparar o desempenho de Q e IT de idosos assintomáticos e com OA de joelhos e correlacionar tal desempenho com a dor e o edema. Métodos: A amostra constitui-se de quinze idosos com OA de joelho bilateral (grupo OA) e quinze assintomáticos (grupo AS). O dinamômetro isocinético, Biodex System 3-Pro, foi utilizado para avaliar a performance muscular e a escala visual análoga (EVA) numérica para registro da dor. O edema foi avaliado por teste manual. Teste t-Student foi empregado para comparar as variáveis demográficas, antropométricas, trabalho de Q (TRAB Q), de IT (TRAB IT) e Relação IT/Q. Teste Qui-quadrado foi utilizado para a comparação do NAF e o coeficiente de Spearman para verificar correlação entre as variáveis edema e dor com TRAB Q, TRAB IT e Relação IT/Q. Resultados: Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre as variáveis antropométricas, demográficas e NAF (p>0,05). TRAB Q apresentou-se estatisticamente menor (p=0,001) no grupo OA e a Relação IT/Q, mostrou-se estatisticamente maior neste grupo (p=0,04). Não houve correlação entre as variáveis dor e edema com TRAB Q, TRAB IT e Relação IT/Q (rho ≤-0,468; p ≥ 0,229). Conclusão: A redução da função muscular dos idosos com OA de joelhos não pode ser atribuída unicamente a um menor NAF desta população.
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