Capacidade funcional e dor em idosos nos períodos pré e pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca

• Main Authors: Kelin Gnoatto, Josiéle Casanova Mattei, Alana Piccoli, Janaíne Cunha Polese, Silvia Lanziotti Azevedo da Silva, Rodrigo Costa Schuster, Camila Pereira Leguisamo
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Nove de Julho 2012-01-01
• Series: ConScientiae Saúde
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=92923674014
• ISSN: 1677-1028; 1983-9324

Introduction: Cardiac surgery can cause pain and disability in the elderly. Objective: To evaluate functional capacity and pain experienced in the elderly before and after surgery (PO). Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out with a sample of 46 elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery. We used the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), both the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for evaluating pain and Body Diagrams, at three separate moments. The Wilcoxon test was used for comparing the pain and Spearman¿s for evaluating associations between studied variables. Results: The mean age of the subjects (males, in the majority) was 69.3 ± 1 years. Independence was observed in 97.8% of the sample in the preoperative period, while 65.2% showed dependence of up to 50% in the second postoperative day and 60.9% up to 75% dependence on the fifth postoperative day. The association between total length of hospital stay, postoperative period and MIF was significant in the second and fifth postoperative day. Conclusions: Elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery showed an increase in disability and a decrease in pain experienced with each passing day.