Afrontamiento de problemas de salud en personas muy mayores

Abstract

Resumen: En este estudio se evalúan las estrategias de afrontamiento ante problemas de salud en la vejez avanzada y su contribución sobre varios resultados de funcionamiento. 159 personas mayores de 75 años no institucionalizadas identificaron su problema de salud reciente más importante, las estrategias empleadas para hacerle frente, su percepción de autoeficacia en el manejo del problema y su grado de satisfacción vital. Los resultados confirman la utilización de variadas estrategias, siendo la activacomportamental resolver el problema la más empleada. Además, junto a las estrategias de afrontamiento activas, tanto cognitivas como comportamentales, los análisis correlacionales indican que las personas muy mayores recurren a modos de afrontamiento pasivos y evitativos. Por otra parte, los análisis de regresión múltiple ponen de manifiesto que utilizar acciones directas y racionales para solucionar los problemas de salud predice la autoeficacia en el manejo del problema y protege la satisfacción vital en esta etapa. Estos resultados confirman que las personas muy mayores conservan la capacidad para manejar eficazmente sus problemas de salud y, al mismo tiempo, mantener su bienestar, aportando evidencia sobre el papel adaptativo del afrontamiento en la vejez avanzada. Palabras clave: problemas de salud; afrontamiento; personas muy mayores; resiliencia; estudio ex post facto. Title:Coping with health problems in very old people. Abstract: This paper assesses the strategies for coping with health problems in advanced old age and their contribution in terms of several performance results. 159 people aged 75 or over and living at home identified their most recent health problem, the strategies used to deal with it, their perception of self-efficacy in handling the problem and their degree of satisfaction with life. The results confirm the use of a range of strategies, with the active-behavioural approach to solving the problem being the one most widely used. In addition, together with active coping strategies of both a cognitive and behavioural nature, correlational analyses indicate that very old people resort to passive and avoidance coping methods. Furthermore, multiple regression analyses highlight the fact that the use of direct and rational actions for solving health problems predicts self-efficacy in dealing with the problem and protects satisfaction with life at this stage. These results confirm that very old people retain the ability to deal effectively with their health problems and, at the same time, uphold their well-being, providing evidence of the adaptive role of coping in very old age.

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