Produção Nacional
Quality of life and depressive symptoms in the elderly living in community
2015; International Medical Society; Linguagem: Inglês
10.3823/1845
ISSN1755-7682
AutoresAnna Mikaelly de Sousa Tavares Assis, Maria de Lourdes Farias Pontes, Elaine Maria Leite Rangel Andrade, Edilene Aráujo Monteiro, Cleane Rosa da Silva, Renata Rabelo Pereira, Francisco Alírio da Silva, Andréia Karla Anacleto de Sousa, Jéssica Moura Cartaxo, Ricardo Lourenço Coelho, Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta,
Tópico(s)Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
ResumoIntroduction: the elderly are affected by some chronic diseases that require comprehensive and continuous health care, among them depression, with disabling potential, compromising their quality of life. Objective: discovering the quality of life of seniors residing in community and their relationship with the symptoms of depression.Method: a quantitative study, observational, cross-sectional, whose sample included 110 elderly with preserved cognitive conditions and who agreed to participate voluntarily. Data collection was conducted from October to December 2013. Statistical analysis was performed using the software Statiscal Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 20.Results: the quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF obtained the highest score in the field of social relations (73.93) and lowest score in the environmental field (61.27). The WHOQOL-OLD showed a higher score in sensory abilities facet (76.19) and lowest score on the facet autonomy (61.47). The correlation of quality of life with depressive symptoms presented the psychological domain and facet social participation with strong and negative association.Conclusion: the development of longitudinal studies becomes feasible for a better understanding of the phenomenon studied.
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