Objective: To identify the prevalence of cognitive impairment and associated factors among institutionalized elderly persons. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October to December 2013 in Long-Term Care Facilities for the elderly in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, featuring 326 elderly persons of both genders. The assessment of cognitive decline was classified using the Pfeiffer test. Information on sociodemographic conditions and health status was also recorded. Nutritional status was assessed by applying the Mini Nutritional Assessment tool and functional capacity with the Katz Index. To identify the factors associated with the presence of moderate or severe cognitive impairment multiple logistic regression analysis of variables with a p value >0.20 was performed, using the Stepwise Forward method. Results: It was observed that 83.6% (95% CI: 78.9 to 87.3%) of the elderly persons had cognitive impairment. The final model, adjusted for type of LTCF, showed that being 83 years old or older was considered a risk factor for moderate or severe cognitive impairment. However, having systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) and having been institutionalized through their own choice were considered protective factors for moderate or severe cognitive impairment. Conclusion: the variables age, having SAH and having been institutionalized through their own choice are directly associated, as risk or protection factors, with the presence of severe or moderate cognitive impairment of the elderly population. The early diagnosis of these factors can lead to greater focus in setting goals for prevention and health care, thus improving the quality of life of these individuals.
Resumo Objetivo Avaliar a incidência de hospitalização e seus fatores de risco em pessoas idosas institucionalizadas no follow-up de 12 meses na cidade de Natal, RN, Brasil. Método Estudo de coorte concorrente composto por idosos com 60 anos ou mais e que residiam nas 10 Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPI) participantes do estudo. Nos 320 participantes foram aferidas informações sobre condições sociodemográficas (idade, estado civil, filhos, plano de saúde, tipo de instituição, tempo de institucionalização e se foi por motivo de doença, relação do número de idosos por cuidador e, condições de saúde), estado nutricional (MAN), capacidade funcional (Índice de KATZ), estado cognitivo (teste de Pfeiffer), fraqueza muscular (Dinamômetro). Considerou-se um nível de significância de 5% (p < 0,05) e intervalo de confiança (IC) de 95% na análise bivariada e multivariada. Resultados 20,6% (IC 95%: 16,5-25,4), do total de participantes, foram hospitalizados, com a permanência média de 16,1 dias (dp: 17,1) ao final dos 12 meses. A principal causa da hospitalização foram as doenças pulmonares (30,3%). A presença de desnutrição ou risco de desnutrição (p=0,016; IC95%: 1,17-4,96) e fazer uso de medicamentos para o sistema cardiovascular (p=0,003; IC95%: 1,43-5,77) foram fatores de risco para a hospitalização, após ajustes das variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas. Conclusão A hospitalização teve uma alta incidência entre os idosos. Além disto, a desnutrição ou risco de desnutrição e o uso de medicamentos cardiovasculares foram considerados fatores de risco para a hospitalização no período de 12 meses.
In recent decades, our society has incorporated new social, political and economic paradigms, creating what Han (2015) called the performance society. Such paradigms raised the level of expectation about the performance of individuals, generating a permanent feeling of tiredness and failure. We observed the reproduction of this phenomenon at the university through frequent reports of psychological discomfort, especially from students. Thus, we proposed the Expressing Subjectivities, an extension project to promote educational and psychosocial attention to the Education Center students', at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte-Brazil, providing them with moments of relaxation in workshops that proposed expression through art. This article aims to record, disseminate and reflect on the project's actions, its potentialities and limitations. Through the analysis of the project's data, in dialogue with the studies carried out by the group, we discuss the positive results obtained that point to two guiding pillars for our actions: dialogue as a basis for the constitution of subjectivity and art as a form of expression and resistance.
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