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Resumo Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalencia de quedas em idosos institucionalizados e seus fatores associados. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo de delineamento transversal e quantitativo. A amostra foi de conveniencia, com idosos de ambos os sexos, residentes em Instituicao de Longa Permanencia para Idosos. Foi avaliado o historico de quedas nos ultimos 12 meses, condicoes gerais de saude-doenca, a capacidade cognitiva atraves do Mini Exame do Estado Mental, a capacidade funcional atraves do indice de Katz, a Forca de Preensao Palmar, a avaliacao do equilibrio estatico com o Teste de Apoio Unipodal e o equilibrio dinâmico com o Teste Timed Up and Go.  Resultados: Verificou-se que dos 20 participantes amostrados por conveniencia 55% sao do sexo feminino com idade media de 78,45±10,88 anos. A doenca cronica que se destaca e Hipertensao Arterial Sistemica em 55,6%, sendo que estes sao idosos caidores. Constata-se que nove idosos (45%) cairam nos ultimos doze meses, totalizando dezenove quedas em que 25% sofreram mais de uma queda. Dentre os fatores intrinsecos para a ocorrencia de quedas destaca-se os usuarios de medicamentos sendo 88,9%, e as alteracoes visuais em 66,7% sendo estes caidores. O local de maior ocorrencia de quedas foi o quarto com nove eventos (47,37%). Conclusao: A prevalencia de quedas foi alta e semelhante a outros estudos nacionais, demonstrando a necessidade de identificar os fatores de risco associados em idosos institucionalizados, e a partir disso tracar estrategias passiveis de intervencao, para corrigir ou minimizar as chances de novas quedas nessa populacao. Palavras-chave: Idoso. Quedas. Fatores de risco. Abstract Objective: This study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of falls in institutionalized elderly people and their associated factors. Methodology: this is about a of cross- sectional and quantitative study. The sample was of convenience, with elderly people of both sexes, living in a Long Stay Institution for the Elderly. It was assessed the history of falls in the last 12 months, general conditions of health- disease, cognitive capacity through the Mini Mental State Examination, the functional capacity through the Katz index, the Handgrip strength, the evaluation of the static balance with the Unipodal Support Test and the dynamic balance with the Time Up and Go (TUG) test.  Results: It was verified that among the 20 participants sampled by convenience 55% are females members with an average age of 78,45±10,88. The most common chronic disease is the Systemic Arterial Hypertension in 55,6%, being these, elderly who falls. It was verified that 9 elderly people had fallen in the last 12 months, numbering nineteen falls which 25% suffered more than one fall. Among the intrinsic factors for the occurrence of falls, it stands out the ones who make use of medicines 88,9% and the ones with visual changes in 66,7% being people who fall. The place where most of the falls happened was the bedroom with nine events (47,37%). Conclusion: The prevalence of falls was high and similar to other national studies, demonstrating the need to identify the associated risk factors in institutionalized elderly, and from there to draw up intervention strategies to correct or minimize the chances of further falls in this population. Keyword: Elderly. Falls. Risk factors.

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Prevalência de quedas e fatores associados em idosos institucionalizados do município de Anápolis - Prevalence of falls and associated factors with institutionalized elderly people in the city of Anápolis