Campos, Tânia FernandesMelo, Luciana Protásio de2017-03-302017-03-302016-11-29MELO, Luciana Protásio de. Fatores epidemiológicos, clínicos e funcionais de pacientes com acidente vascular cerebral. 2016. 161f. Tese (Doutorado em Fisioterapia) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/22536Stroke is an important public health problem, thus one study was carried out with the aim to evaluate epidemiological, clinical and functional factors of stroke patients. Materials and Methods: Four hundred thirty-three patients participated in the study (229 women and 204 men). In Natal/RN, the patients were assessed through the Step 1 and the Modified Rankin Scale. The data were analysed through the chi-squared test and logistic regression analysis. Results: It was noticed that the higher frequency of patients were in the age range of 70 to 89 years (40,9%). Arterial hypertension was the most frequent risk factor (85,4%) as well as the ischemic stroke (68,5%). There was a higher frequency of patients with incapacity to walk and do their personal hygiene (48,8%) (p= 0,001). It was also observed a correlation between the degree of neurological impairment and functionality (r= 0,53; p= 0,006). Regarding the basic activities of daily living (BADL), 25% of the patients could not rise from bed and 70,8% could not go to bathroom on their own (both p< 0.05). The regression models pointed out to the predictive factors of functional dependence to the activities: “bathing”, quantity of risk factors (OR=0,4; IC=0,2-0,7; p=0,005) and quantity of medication used prior to stroke (OR=1,7; IC=1,1-27; p=0,013). To “personal hygiene”, attendance to physiotherapy after discharge (OR=2,5; IC=1,2-5,1; p=0,014) and female sex (OR=1,6; IC=1,06-2,4; p=0,026); to “transfer”, quantity of risk factors (OR=0,4; IC=0,2-0,9; p=0,025); to “continence”, type of stroke (OR=2,2; IC=1,1-3,8; p=0,003 – day 10; OR=1,9; IC=1,1- 3,3; p=0,013 – day 28) and attendance to physiotherapy after discharge (OR=4,1; IC=1,5-11,3; p=0,005); and to the activity “eating”, frequency of stroke (OR=0,5; IC=0,2-0,9; p=0,036) and attendance to physiotherapy after discharge (OR=4,2; IC=1,6- 11,1; p=0,003). To the six activities, age above 60 years and nonattendance to physiotherapy during hospital stay were the strongest predictive factors for functional dependence. Conclusion: The results indicate important factors that affect the functional dependence of stroke patients, thus bringing about a scientific contribution so that the healthcare providers may identify opportunities of intervention; they also point out the urgent need of implanting a Stroke Unit in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.Acesso AbertoAVCVigilância em saúde públicaEpidemiologiaIndependência funcionalFisioterapiadoctoralThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL