Efeito da reabilitação vestibular em idosos: quanto ao equilíbrio, qualidade de vida e percepção

Peres, Magali; Silveira, Elaine da

doi:10.1590/s1413-81232010000600018

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“…This fact is in agreement with the literature, which reports greater prevalence of labyrinth disease in women 5,6,8 . Possible explanations for this are hormonal and metabolic alterations-more frequent in women-that could favor a higher occurrence of BPPV and other balance disorders 13,18 .…”

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“…The DHI, translated and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, was the instrument chosen to compare the QOL before and after vestibular rehabilitation because it is reliable and easy to use and understand 6,12,13,17 . The DHI measures the loss in QOL resulting from balance alterations by assessing the impact of dizziness or vertigo on the physical, functional, and emotional status of the patient when performing the activities of daily life 12 .…”

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“…Similarly to another study 12 , the mean age of the patients who underwent PVR was high-54.7 years. Dizziness is more prevalent in the elderly, who tend to manifest more compromised body balance than young individuals 3,6 . The analysis of the 28 patients when beginning treatment showed that the physical aspects as measured by the DHI were the most severely compromised, with an average of 18.1 points, which is in accordance with other studies 13,14 .…”

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“…Currently, personalized vestibular rehabilitation (PVR) has been widely used in the treatment of vertiginous patients to attenuate dizziness and body unsteadiness. It has shown to be an important and effective strategy to treat patients with body balance disorders, enhancing competence and well-being of individuals in performing the activities of daily living and promoting a marked improvement in their QOL 5,6,9 . The repetitive exercises prescribed in vestibular rehabilitation therapy accelerate the physiological process of compensation by habituation, generating a conditioned compensatory response of the reticular neurons in order to maintain the activation of the cerebral cortex at a homeostatic level-a slowly-developing, active response to repeated exposure in a process similar to conditioning.…”

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“…Dizziness can be characterized as a subjective manifestation of body balance disturbance (e.g., unsteadiness, tilting, floating, and lightheadedness) while vertigo is a form of dizziness of rotational character. These major symptoms can be compounded by frequent falling, nausea, vomiting 2,3 , and even symptoms of depression 4 impacting the quality of life (QOL) of the affected individuals 5,6 . Up until 65 years of age, dizziness is the world's second most prevalent symptom, with headaches coming first.…”

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Influência da reabilitação vestibular na qualidade de vida de indivíduos labirintopatas

Soares¹,

Gonçalves²,

Teixeira

et al. 2014

Rev. CEFAC

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Objetivo verificar a influência da reabilitação vestibular sobre a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos por meio do questionário Dizziness Handicap Inventory aplicado pré e pós-terapia. Métodos: foram analisados 28 prontuários de indivíduos de ambos os sexos atendidos em uma Clínica Escola do município de Belo Horizonte. Os pacientes responderam ao questionário pré e pós terapia de reabilitação vestibular personalizada (RVP). A análise estatística dos dados foi feita por meio do teste T-Student pareado. Resultados a amostra do estudo foi composta por 28 pacientes, sendo 23 (82 %) do sexo feminino. A idade média dos pacientes foi de 54,7 (± 20,6) anos e o número médio de sessões de terapia foi 5,6 (± 6,4). Antes do tratamento os pacientes apresentaram os seguintes escores: 18,10 (±9,83) nos aspectos físicos, 13,53 (±8,57) nos funcionais e 15,14 (±7,48) nos emocionais. Após uma média de 5,6 (± 6,4) sessões, houve diminuição significante (p<0,05) dos escores nos aspectos físicos 4,32 (±5,32), funcionais 4,32 (±6,91) e emocionais 3,78 (±5,16). Conclusão pode-se concluir que houve diferença estatisticamente significante entre os escores do Dizziness Handicap Inventory pré e pós-reabilitação vestibular personalizada, mostrando que a reabilitação vestibular é um importante instrumento na melhoria da qualidade de vida de pacientes labirintopatas.

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