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One third of the immigrant population around the world is made up of women. Of these women, many belong to the Portuguese community. Immigrants account for more than one in five Canadians. The Portuguese older immigrant women living in Canada are vulnerable to be victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), which is a prevalent and important global health issue that affects differently diverse groups. There are few available researches regarding IPV on this population. The objective of this study is to understand how Portuguese older immigrant women living in Canada experience IPV. This is a qualitative study with a social phenomenological focus. Alfred Schutz's motivation theory was used to analyze the impulses that led older women to face IPV. The data were collected from July to October 2013 in the Greater Toronto Area. Ten women 60 years or older were included in the study. The participants perceived themselves as being victimized by their current or ex partners. They are unhappy and suffer from a variety of health problems, which they related to their experience of IPV. These factors, along with participants' personal beliefs, and their legal situations as immigrants in Canada, made them act, either in a way that would try to maintain their relationships, or tried to escape the violent situation. IPV is a complex phenomenon, with different perceptions surrounding it. The experiences of the older immigrant women showed that ending the marriage is not always a possibility to them because of cultural issues and their immigrant status in Canada. Some women wish help and support to improve their relationships.

Objective: to describe the mental health profile of the elderly registered in a Family Health Unit in the city of Recife, Pernambuco State. Method: it was a descriptive quantitative study, conducted with 159 elderly through the scales Geriatric Depression, Resilience, Social Support, Life Satisfaction, and Positive and Negative Affects, Mini-Mental State Examination, Stressful Events Inventory and Brazil Old Age Shedule. Results: females, young and literate elderly predominated. Most were satisfied with life, 52.2% without depressive symptoms, 68.6% without cognitive impairment, 67.9% high resilience and 95.8% high social support, but 62% of elderly with depressive symptoms showed cognitive deficit. Negative correlation was identified between depression and cognitive impairment, resilience, social support and life satisfaction. Conclusion: assessment of these indicators identifies triggers of psychological distress, assisting the nursing staff in the development of preventive and care actions.

França ISX, Coura AS, França EG, Basílio NNV, Souto RQ RESUMOObjeti vou-se avaliar a qualidade de vida (QV) de adultos com lesão medular e identi fi car os domínios que podem infl uir na qualidade de vida. Para coletar os dados uti lizou-se o WHOQOL-bref e um questi onário com variáveis sociodemográfi cas. Parti ciparam 47 sujeitos com média de idade de 42,95 anos, 91,5% do sexo masculino e 8,5% do feminino. Os domínios obti veram os escores: fí sico (58,59%), psicológico (63,82%), social (68,79%) e ambiental (55,20%). Por meio de regressão linear múlti pla, verifi cou-se a correlação dos escores dos domínios com a percepção da QV: fí sico (p < 0,187), psicológico (p < 0,399), social (p < 0,000) e ambiental (p < 0,008). Concluiu-se que a maioria (55,3%) dos parti cipantes está insati sfeita com a QV e que os domínios social e ambiental apresentaram maior correlação com a QV. DESCRITORES RESUMENSe objeti vó evaluar la calidad de vida (QV) de adultos con lesión medular e identi fi car los dominios con infl uencia en su calidad de vida. Para recolectar datos se usó el WHOQOL-bref y cuesti onario con variables sociodemográfi cas. Parti ciparon 47 sujetos con media etaria de 42,95 años, 91,5% de sexo masculino y 8,5% femenino. Los dominios obtuvieron estos puntajes: fí sico (58,59), psicológico (63,82), social (68,82) y ambiental (55,20). Mediante regresión lineal múlti ple, se verifi có la correlación de los puntajes de los dominios con la percepción de la QV: fí sico (p<0,187), psicológico (p<0,399), social (p<0,000) y ambiental (p<0,008). Se concluyó en que la mayoría (55,3%) de los pacientes parti cipantes está insati sfecha con su QV y que los dominios social y ambiental presentan mayor correlación con la QV.