Resumo O estudo teve por objetivo investigar a relação entre a espiritualidade e o apoio social de idosos residentes na comunidade. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo e transversal, desenvolvido com 142 idosos atendidos em Unidades de Saúde da Família (USFs) de um município do interior do estado de São Paulo. As entrevistas acontecem no âmbito domiciliar e os dados foram coletados por meio de questionário socio...
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without chronic pain over four years and verify the effect of pain intensity on cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: a longitudinal study with data collected in 2014 and 2018. Community-dwelling elderly caregivers of a Brazilian city participated in the study. Cognition was assessed using the Ad...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: the study included people 60 years of age or older who reported chronic pain and cared for another elderly person living in the same household (n=186). Statistical analyzes were performed using the Mann-Whitney test, univariate and multiple logistic regression. Results: most participants ...
ABSTRACT. The degree of burden related to the demands of daily care provided to a dependent older adult is important to evaluate due to the negative influence exerted on caregivers’ physical and psychological health. Objective: To analyze the validity of the 12-item version of the Zarit Burden Interview administered to older caregivers of community-dwelling older dependent individuals and suggest a cut-off scor...
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a relação entre fragilidade, sintomas depressivos e sobrecarga de idosos cuidadores em contexto de alta vulnerabilidade social. Método: estudo correlacional, de corte transversal, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado com 73 idosos cuidadores primários de outros idosos cadastrados em Unidades de Saúde da Família inseridas em contextos de alta vulnerabilidade social de um município do i...
Abstract OBJECTIVE Understanding and characterizing chronic pain in elderly caregivers, verifying the cognitive performance of the elderly of the sample and verifying whether there is difference in the cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without chronic pain. METHOD Participants were people aged 60 years or older who lived with another elderly person in the same household and who were registere...