Avaliação da capacidade funcional de indivíduos internados utilizando o Teste Timed Up and Go: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Introduction: The fight against complications generated by immobility and functional restrictions affect many patients during hospitalization. Physiotherapeutic care has shown to be an alternative for these problems, working on the individual's functionality and independence, in order to make him/her more active. For this, a complete evaluation of the patient is necessary, using adequate instruments that allow a general analysis of the patient's health condition, especially regarding the functional capacity (FC). The FC analysis allows us to infer about the degree of independence, autonomy and mobility of the patient, which reflects his or her quality of life. Objective: This study aimed to compile information about the application of the Timed Up and Go (TUG) to assess the Functional Capacity of hospitalized individuals. Methodology: This is a narrative review of literature from a survey of articles published in online databases (Pubmed), Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Cochrane Library (Cochrane), and Google Scholar about the assessment of functional capacity of hospitalized individuals using the TUG test. Results: Ten studies published on the subject were analyzed. The studies showed that the TUG test can be used as a tool to assess functional capacity in hospitalized individuals, especially when other functional tests are not available or cannot be performed. Conclusion: This review showed that the TUG test is an alternative for assessing functional capacity and its aspects in hospitalized individuals. However, for analyses of FC that demand more effort or overload the cardiorespiratory system, other tests should be used. The present study suggests that further studies need to be conducted since studies using the TUG as a tool to assess the Functional Capacity in hospitalized individuals are still scarce in the literature.