Open AccessCENSO DAS PESSOAS COM DEFICIÊNCIAS E AS SUAS FUNCIONALIDADES NA CIDADE DE MARACAÍ/SP
Author(s) -
Silas de Oliveira Damasceno,
José Henrique Piedade Cardoso,
Natália Trindade da Silva
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colloquium vitae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1984-6436
DOI - 10.5747/cv.2018.v10.nesp5.000336
Subject(s) - tinetti test , balance (ability) , psychology , humanities , gerontology , geography , medicine , art , neuroscience
Disability is a complex subject and requires a better approach by the physiotherapists. Theobjective was to raise the number of people with disabilities (PWD), types of disabilities, andfunctionality of this population in the city of Maracaí/SP. The study of census data was carried outthrough a previously tested questionnaire, and functionality evaluated through Barthel scales andTinetti balance. We ran with the questionnaire in 66.64% of the neighborhoods, where we located42 people with disabilities, and 77% (n = 32) that participated effectively in the survey. The resultsshowed intellectual disability (46.87%), physical (28.12%), multiple (12.5%), auditory (6.25%) andvisual (6.25%). This study showed the differents types of disabilities being the intellectual disabilitythe most affected and the participants they are in the adaptive phase featured at high risk of fallsand moderate commitment in functional capacity