Análisis del concepto de Vejez, por el método Walker y Avant

Abstract

Objective: To interpret the antecedents, attributes and consequences associated with the concept of old age by means of Walker & Avant's concept analysis method incorporating the integrative literature review. Method: study carried out using Walker and Avan's concept analysis. Search strategy in databases: ProQuest, Redalyc, SAGE, Science Direct, Scopus, Medline, Lilacs, Springer, Oxford and Semantic Scholar and keywords: Investigation of aging AND/OR elder AND concept and in Spanish: vejez. Results: the approach to the concept of old age should be integrated from the psychological, chronological, biological and social dimensions, since it generates positive and negative changes to assume the stage. Conclusions: Recognizing that old age does not imply only the time lived in years, the characteristics framed in the psychological dimensions imply the perception of old age, biological the natural process of the human being, social its participation in society, provides an integral vision of the concept for interventions according to individual needs at this stage.