RESUMO Objetivo: identificar a presença, frequência e gravidade dos sintomas neuropsiquiátricos em idosos com demência, identificar o desgaste do cuidador familiar e analisar os fatores relacionados ao desgaste do cuidador. Método: estudo transversal, descritivo, exploratório e correlacional, realizado com 54 cuidadores familiares de idosos com demência, atendidos em um ambulatório de geriatria de alta dependência de um Hospital Geral Terciário. Utilizaram-se questionário de caracterização dos cuidadores, o Inventário Neuropsiquiátrico e o Inventário Neuropsiquiátrico Desgaste. Resultados: a maioria (85,2%) dos cuidadores familiares era de mulheres, média de idade de 51,2 anos e residia com o idoso (74,1%). A média de sintomas neuropsiquiátricos foi 4,5; o mais presente foi apatia/indiferença (74,1%), seguido de disforia/depressão (46,3%); o mais frequente foi o comportamento motor aberrante (75,1%), seguido de agitação/agressividade (52,9%). Quanto à gravidade dos sintomas, a moderada foi a mais prevalente. Observou-se correlação forte positiva entre o escore total dos questionários aplicados (r=0,82, p=<0,001) e entre o escore total do Inventário Neuropsiquiátrico-Desgaste e o número de sintomas neuropsiquiátricos, apresentados pelos idosos com demência (r=0,83, p=<0,001); correlação fraca positiva entre o escore total do Inventário Neuropsiquiátrico-Desgaste e o número de dias na semana dedicado ao cuidado (r=0,28, p=0,042) e entre problemas de saúde do cuidador e o escore total do Inventário neuropsiquiátrico Desgaste (r=0,29, p=0,034), com significância estatística. Conclusão: os resultados encontrados mostram a necessidade de investimentos na assistência ao binômio idoso/cuidador com vistas ao melhor manejo dos sintomas neuropsiquiátricos e à redução do desgaste do cuidador.

Objective:to analyze the relation between resilience and demographic variables, quality of life and symptoms of depression in elderlies attended at a Geriatric Outpatient Clinic.Method:analytical cross-sectional study, conducted with 148 elderlies, with a questionnaire of sociodemographic and health characterization, the Resilience Scale, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Old, and the Center for Epidemiologic Survey - Depression Scale. Descriptive statistics, Student’s t-test and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis.Results:there was a positive correlation between resilience and schooling (r = 0.208; p = 0.010), income (r = 0.194; p = 0.017), the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (r = 0.242; p = 0.003), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Old (r = 0.522; p <0.001), and negative correlation regarding symptoms of depression (r = -0.270; p = 0.001).Conclusion:Resilience presented relation to schooling, income, quality of life and symptoms of depression in the elderly. These results are expected to help the multidisciplinary team plan actions aimed at developing resilience towards the promotion of health and good quality of life in old age.

Objective: to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms. Method: inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory care. We used a questionnaire for characterization of sociodemographic and health, questionnaire self-care activities with DM, Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale. The association of variables was used (Fisher’s exact test) and for comparing the means (Student’s t-test and analysis of variance). Results: The mean age was 68.1 years, the majority were women (57.2%), retired (71.9%) and married (65.3%). The highest averages were for the activities: “to dry the spaces between the toes, after washing them” and smaller averages for “exercise”. Conclusion: In spite of high average for self-care activities, there is a need for enhanced performance and compliance to them.

Objective: to analyze the relationship between affective and sexual experiences and the intensity of physical and psychological symptoms of older adults. Methods: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, guided by the STROBE tool, carried out in a geriatric outpatient clinic. Sociodemographic and health questionnaire, Affective and Sexual Experiences Scale for Elderly, Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale were used. Descriptive statistical analysis and Spearman correlation were performed. Results: forty-five older adults participated, with a mean age of 73.8 years; most (91.1%) were married. The highest averages of symptom intensity were pain (4.9), anxiety (4.8), drowsiness (4.5), and a feeling of well-being (4.5). There was a negative correlation between sadness and the dimensions of sexual activity and affective relationships (rs=-0.365; p=0.014 and rs=-0.386; p=0.009) and between anxiety and sexual activity (rs=-0.308; p=0.040). Conclusion: as sadness increases, affective and sexual experiences are less. The greater the anxiety intensity, the lower the sexual experiences.