The Role of Community Physical Therapy in the Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Elderly Women

摘要: Introduction : The elderly population demands special and specific measures focused on the promotion of health quality life. Family Health Support Centers  seek to increase operational scope Strategy through inclusion different professionals, including physiotherapists, who develop their activities with by focusing educational preventive promoting corporal practices. Objectives Evaluate importance Physical Therapy in Centers for functional independence life women. Methodology Descriptive research a case control epidemiological base performed city Parnaiba/PI. 88 individuals participated  this study, all them female, which 46  participated (G1) 42 didn't (G2). Quality was measured according Health-Related Life (HRQOL) profile independent elderly, functionality analyzed Katz scale. project approved Ethics Committee Research Universidade Federal do Piaui under number: 1.087.464. statistical analyses were using unpaired Student's t test samples normal distribution, Mann-Whitney non-normal distribution. normality groups Shapiro-Wilk test. considered level significance p≤0,05. Results According index, better performance could be observed G1, where 91.3% (n=42) obtained score 6, means greater independence, when compared G2, 61.9% (n=26) 6 38.1% (n=16) scores between 5 3, indicating moderate dependency. HRQOL questionnaire, G1 had perception health. CONCLUSION proposed physical therapists indicators.