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Cuidar em saúde: satisfação com imagem corporal e autoestima de idosos

2009; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15343/0104-7809.200933.2.6

1980-3990

Janice Chaim, Helena Izzo, Celisa Tiemi Nakagawa Sera,

Physical Education and Gymnastics

This study aims to investigate the relationship between satisfaction with body image and self-esteem of old people assisted by the Serviceof Geriatrics of Hospital of Clinics of Medical College of University of Sao Paulo (HCFMUSP), participants of the Group of Ambulatory MultidisciplinaryAssistance to Old People (GAMIA) and the Physiotherapy Clinic for Very Old People (AFIL) in the year 2008, by knowing the impact of these aspects onhealth care of old people. We used an identification questionnaire; Body Mass Index (IMC); Sorensen and Stunkard Scale for self-evaluation of bodyimage; Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (the version translated and adapted for Portuguese: DINI, 2001). Statistical Analysis: Fisher’s exact test; Kruskal-Wallis or t-Student test; variance analysis; p ≤0,05. In AFIL (n=11), all old people are women, average age 82.9 years (±3,5). In GAMIA (n=30), 50% ofthe participants are female and 50% male, average age 70.5 (±5,8). Averages of IMC indicated eutrophy: 27.33 AFIL= ±3.96; 26.71 GAMIA = ±5.16.Regarding satisfaction with body image, in AFIL, 27.27% were satisfied and 72.72% were not; in GAMIA, 43.44% were satisfied and 56.67% were not.As concerns Self-Esteem, the average of AFIL was 9.91 (±6.14) and GAMIA’s, 7.3 (±4.37), indicating a high Self-Esteem. No significant difference wasobserved between the groups. The evaluated data suggest that most old people is not satisfied with body image, and therefore would like to haveleaner silhouettes than hey, although eutrophic. One may infer that they have a high Self-Esteem, even those displeased with their body image. It isknown that satisfaction with body image and Self-Esteem depend on multiple factors and that they affect directly or indirectly cares with health ofold people, deserving thus being addressed in future studies.