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Quantitative sensory testing in elderly: longitudinal study

2018; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 76; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/0004-282x20180129

1678-4227

Luciana Alvarenga da Silva, Omar Jaluul, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, José Tadeu Tesseroli de Siqueira, Wilson Jacob Filho, Sílvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira,

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

To evaluate elderly patients in a geriatric service, along with their sensory characteristics and their association with clinical aspects.This was a descriptive longitudinal study. We enrolled 36 healthy participants of both sexes in this study. The following instruments were used and evaluations performed: clinical evaluation, Mini-Mental State Exam, and quantitative sensory testing.During the follow-up, there was reduction of mean corpuscular volume at each evaluation (p < 0.001) and significant increase in mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (p < 0.001). There was an increase of the olfactory (p < 0.001), salty (p = 0.024), sour (p = 0.020), bitter (p = 0.001), facial cold (p = 0.019), hand cold (p = 0.004), facial tactile (p < 0.001), hand tactile (p = 0.012) and facial vibration (p = 0.018) thresholds. Previous existing morbidities were associated with sensitivity changes in the individuals in this sample.This longitudinal study suggests that the loss of sensitivity with aging may be associated with the presence of morbidities in elders.