Depression in the wives of convicted men: prevalence and associated factors

Abstract

It is the responsibility of the nurse with the multidisciplinary health team to invest in health promotion and prevention actions against these risk factors that were associated with depression in this population.

Qualidade de vida e doenças autorreferidas em mulheres de apenados

“…In a study of QoL in São Paulo with 121 young women from a large hospital, 49% of women reported current or past health-related problems, 2 This is also noticeable in this study, since most women are young and reported disease. In the comparison of QoL indices, 53.3% consider their QoL inadequate, both in the general context and in the physical, psychological and social and environmental relations domains.…”

“…It is believed that this becomes significant in their social relations and prison environment, which leads to inadequacy in QoL, especially in the psychological and environmental domains. In another study, feelings of neediness, loneliness and overload in the daily lives of these women were pointed out, causing the victimization and weakening of the woman who tries to escape from the current situation, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]…”

“…1 Thus, it is understood that these women make up a population that needs to be prioritized in view of health prevention actions related to risk factors and lifestyle that make them more susceptible to inadequate quality of life (QOL). Priority is also needed for chronic diseases and other communicable diseases, which are characterized by a set of physical and psychological symptoms and associated with high rates of medical comorbidities, disability and premature mortality, 2 because living conditions and diseases affect health, which strongly influences QOL.…”

“…It is understood that incarceration triggers changes in the whole social and family life context and it is the woman who assumes, in most cases, the economic support of the family, the domestic functions and the care of the children, besides the accompaniment of all your mate's criminal case. [1][2][3] In addition to these responsibilities, all the prejudice of society, often permeated by the complex of rejection and the desire for inferiority, which interfere with social life, which can influence lifestyle, with exposure to risk factors such as smoking, alcoholism and sedentary lifestyle, which in turn lead to predisposition to disease 2,3 and consequently contribute to inadequate QOL.…”

“…The subjective sphere of QOL comprehension is defined as the subject's lifestyle, which is characterized as habits learned and adopted throughout life related to family, environmental and social reality, [5][6] This also causes deficiencies in the QoL of women inmates, as they come to a different environment from the family context and avoid socialization environments due to insecurity, fear and contemp. 2 Therefore, QL should be understood as a multidimensional and comprehensive assessment, requiring consideration of the complexity of the domains of the health-disease process, social relationships, individual beliefs and the relationships of these domains with environmental characteristics. Regarding the objective QoL indicators, health and disease conditions, aspects of the physical environment, work, leisure, among others, are mentioned.…”