Prevalência e fatores associados à sintomatologia depressiva em idosos residentes no Nordeste do Brasil

Maciel, Álvaro Campos Cavalcanti; Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira

doi:10.1590/s0047-20852006000100004

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“…Regarding the Brazilian institutionalized elderly, the prevalence of depressive symptoms is equivalent to 49.76%, a result that approaches other studies such as the one by Soares et al, (16) that obtained an extremely high prevalence of 73.7% in institutionalized elderly, as well as the study by Maciel and Guerra, (21) with a prevalence of depressive symptoms of 25.5% for noninstitutionalized elderly.…”

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“…This fact is rarely discussed because in most studies, what is observed are gender issues, education and economic factors, i.e., an increased risk among women of low income and low education. (14,21) The environment of long-stay institutions provides challenges to residents and may favor the development of depressive symptoms. Therefore, the awareness of the diagnosis of depression in the institutional context by the technicians responsible for the care is of fundamental importance.…”

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Objective: Determining the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors in institutionalized elderly. Methods: Cross-sectional study that included 211 elderly from Brazil and 342 from Portugal, all residing in long-stay institutions. The survey instrument was the Geriatric Depression Scale. Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was found among 49.76% of the elderly in Brazil and in 61.40% of the Portuguese seniors. The Brazilian elderly with depressive symptomatology have the single marital status, low number of years of study and gender as main associated factors. Among the Portuguese elderly, the main associated factor was the age over 70 years. Conclusion: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was high and its early recognition may contribute to the quality of life of institutionalized elderly. ResumoObjetivo: Conhecer a prevalência da sintomatologia depressiva e fatores associados em idosos institucionalizados. Métodos: Estudo transversal que incluiu 211 idosos brasileiros e 342 idosos portugueses, residentes em instituições de longa permanência. O instrumento de pesquisa foi a Escala de Depressão Geriátrica. Resultados: A prevalência de sintomatologia depressiva encontrada foi 49,76% entre idosos brasileiros e 61,40% em portugueses. Idosos brasileiros com sintomatologia depressiva têm como principais fatores associados o estado civil solteiro, o baixo número de anos de estudo e o sexo. Entre idosos portugueses o principal fator associado foi a idade maior do que 70 anos. Conclusão: A prevalência da sintomatologia depressiva foi alta e o seu reconhecimento precoce pode contribuir para a qualidade de vida e idosos institucionalizados.

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“…According to Maciel & Guerra, 31 unfavorable social conditions are reflected in low levels of schooling and income, making the individual more susceptible to mental health problems such as depression. These authors also commented on the high levels of illiteracy in Brazil and ratified the idea of an inefficient social services network, reflected in areas such as housing, culture, income and health.…”

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Associação da depressão com as características sociodemográficas, qualidade do sono e hábitos de vida em idosos do Nordeste brasileiro: estudo seccional de base populacional

Lopes

Fernandes

Dantas

et al. 2015

Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

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Introduction: Depressive disorders can be defined as episodes of depressed mood or loss of interest and pleasure in nearly all activities. Depression is considered a major mental disorder in the elderly, and may be related to quality of sleep and living habits as well as being influenced by sociodemographic factors. Objective: To determine the prevalence of depression among the elderly in the north-east of Brazil, and the relationship between the condition and socio-demographic profile, quality of sleep and living habits. Method: An epidemiological cross-sectional study was performed of the elderly population of the urban area of Campina Grande, Paraiba. The dependent variable presence of depression and the independent variables sociodemographic aspects, sleep quality, and living habits were investigated. Estimates of the prevalence of the variables were obtained and association measured using Poisson Regression. A 5% significance level was adopted for the estimates. Results: The study included 168 elderly patients with a mean age of 72.3 (±7.8) years, most of whom, 122 (72.6%), were women. Depression was identified in 72 elderly persons (42.9%). Elderly women were twice as associated with depression (PR=2.26) as men. A subjective quality of sleep of very good (PR=0.34), medium/high risk of sleep disturbance (PR = 4.08), taking sleeping medications once or twice (PR=5.21) and three times or more (PR=8.69) a week, daytime dysfunction once or twice (PR=14.40) and three times or more (PR=27) a week and poor quality of sleep on the Pittsburgh index were associated with depression in bivariate analysis, although there was no relationship following multivariable adjustment. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression was high in the studied population, being noticeably more frequent among elderly woman. However, it was not possible to detect an association between depression and living habits and sleep quality.

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“…Outro estudo, realizado com 310 idosos residentes no nordeste do Brasil, ressalta a íntima dependência entre depressão e capacidade funcional, afirmando ser a limitação funcional um dos potenciais fatores associados ao aparecimento e ao agravamento dos quadros depressivos na população idosa 16 .…”

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Sintomas depressivos e prejuízo funcional de idosos de um Centro-Dia Geriátrico

Santos

Pereira

Teixeira

et al. 2012

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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RESUMOObjetivos: Caracterizar idosos do Centro-Dia Geriátrico de Rio Claro (SP) de acordo com os sintomas depressivos e o prejuízo funcional e, ainda, verificar a relação entre sintomas depressivos e desempenho nas atividades instrumentais da vida diária. Métodos: Estudo descritivo, transversal, do qual participaram 36 idosos. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: anamnese, Escala Geriátrica de Depressão e Questionário de Atividades Instrumentais de Pfeffer. A análise dos dados ocorreu por meio da estatística descritiva e dos testes U de Mann-Whi tney e correlação de Spearman, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: Houve maior presença de mulheres na amostra, que apresentou em média 77,02 anos de idade e 3,44 anos de estudo. A prevalência de sintomas depressivos e prejuízo funcional foi de 30,5% e 63,8%, respectivamente, sendo maior entre as mulheres. Não houve diferença significativa entre as variáveis analisadas em comparação aos gêneros e às faixas etárias. O teste de correlação de Spearman apresentou rho = 0,38 e p = 0,02, indicando correlação positiva, porém fraca, entre sintomas depressivos e prejuízo funcional. Conclusão: Conclui-se que há uma baixa relação entre as variáveis sintomas depressivos e prejuízo funcional, sendo necessários novos estudos para investigar outros fatores que podem estar relacionados a essas variáveis. ABSTRACTObjectives: To characterize the elderly in a Geriatric Day Center, of Rio Claro (SP), according to depressive symptoms and functional impairment and also verify the relationship between depressive symptoms and performance in instrumental activity of daily living. Methods: Descriptive study, cross-sectional, which involved 36 elderly. The instruments used were: interview, Geriatric Depression Scale and Pfeffer's Instrumental Activities Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and by the U Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's correlation test, with a significance level of 5%. Results: There was a greater presence of women in the sample, which showed a mean age of 77.02 years old and 3.44 years of study. The prevalence of depressive symptoms and functional impairment was 30.5% and 63.8%, respectively, being higher among women. There was no significant difference between the variables compared to the genders and age groups. The Spearman's correlation test showed a rho = 0.38, p = 0.02, indicating a positive correlation but weak correlation between depresCOMUniCAçãO BREvE

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Prevalência e fatores associados à sintomatologia depressiva em idosos residentes no Nordeste do Brasil

Cited by 43 publications

References 17 publications

Prevalência de sintomatologia depressiva e fatores associados entre idosos institucionalizados

Prevalência de sintomatologia depressiva e fatores associados entre idosos institucionalizados

Associação da depressão com as características sociodemográficas, qualidade do sono e hábitos de vida em idosos do Nordeste brasileiro: estudo seccional de base populacional

Sintomas depressivos e prejuízo funcional de idosos de um Centro-Dia Geriátrico

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