Estudo longitudinal dos aspectos multidimensionais da saúde de idosos institucionalizados Longitudinal study of multidimensional aspects of the health of institutionalized elderly

Abstract Objective : This study aimed to analyze the evolution of multidimensional aspectsof the health of institutionalized elderly in the city of Goiânia, in two years. Methods : A longitudinal, prospective and observational clinical study wasconducted. Two assessments were carried out within an interval of two years,comprising 59 elderly living at long-term care institutions in the city of Goiânia,State of Goias, Brazil. It was used a set of standardized tools comprising differentdimensions such as socio-demographic aspects, health-disease situations, psycho-emotional aspects and functional abilities. The Marginal Homogeneity andMcNemar’s tests were used to compare health aspects in two moments ofassessment, by means of the SPSS® software version 10.0 and a p value of lessthan 0.05. Results : There was a health decline on the following aspects: stroke (p= 0,031); other diseases (p = 0,031); upper limb motor impairment (p = 0,007);use of antidepressant drugs (p = 0,039); decrease on the number ofindependencies for daily living activities (p = 0,017), specially the ones relatedto personal hygiene (p = 0,031).