Terapia ocupacional e sarcopenia: um guia básico para o público idoso

Abstract

Population aging, triggered by the demographic transition of the Brazilian population, has marked one of the most relevant structural changes for the country. Aging is a natural process, characterized by broad changes of intrinsic and extrinsic character to the elderly person. In 1988, Irwin Rosenberg, a pioneer in the subject, held a meeting in New Mexico to discuss about the accentuated reduction of lean mass, which is one of the most evident occurrences in the aging process. From this, Rosenberg denominated this phenomenon as "sarcopenia" or, still, as "sarcomalacia". The present study aimed to build an informative material about this disease, a tool called "A Basic Guide to Sarcopenia for the Elderly". From the integrative review, a concept map was built, with the main points to be addressed in the Guide. After this step, the information was transferred and included in the Canva Platform document, where the aforementioned points were subdivided into sections. Eleven studies were included in the integrative review, as a result of database cross-referencing and article screening. Fifty-two pages were prepared, after the inclusion of the selected studies, results of the integrative review, to form the basic guide of sarcopenia for the elderly, involving conceptual elements from its definition to professional follow-up.