Características sociodemográficas e hábitos de vida de idosos com e sem indicativo de depressão

Ferreira, Pollyana Cristina dos Santos; Tavares, Darlene Mara dos Santos; Martins, Nayara Paula Fernandes; Rodriguês, Leiner Resende; Ferreira, Lúcia Aparecida

doi:10.5216/ree.v15i1.16643

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“…20 While common in all stages of life, it is more prevalent among the elderly than in younger people. Furthermore, approximately 40% of cases of depression in old age are not diagnosed.…”

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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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“…20 While common in all stages of life, it is more prevalent among the elderly than in younger people. Furthermore, approximately 40% of cases of depression in old age are not diagnosed.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…Faced with this problem, there is in Primary Health Care (PHC) the unpreparedness of some professionals in dealing with this disorder that cycle of life, which confirms low rates of identification and treatment of depression at this level of attention [1]. Study indicates that the PHC of services are important spaces for screening depressive symptoms by applying the short Geriatric depression Scale (GdS) at the time of nursing consultation [5].…”

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Quality of life and depressive symptoms in the elderly living in community

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Introduction: the elderly are affected by some chronic diseases that require comprehensive and continuous health care, among them depression, with disabling potential, compromising their quality of life. Objective: discovering the quality of life of seniors residing in community and their relationship with the symptoms of depression. Method: A quantitative study, observational, cross-sectional, whose sample included 110 elderly with preserved cognitive conditions and who agreed to participate voluntarily. data collection was conducted from October to december 2013. Statistical analysis was performed using the software Statiscal Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), version 20. Results: the quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF obtained the highest score in the field of social relations (73.93) and lowest score in the environmental field (61.27). the WHOQOL-OLd showed a higher score in sensory abilities facet (76.19) and lowest score on the facet autonomy (61.47). the correlation of quality of life with depressive symptoms presented the psychological domain and facet social participation with strong and negative association. Conclusion: the development of longitudinal studies becomes feasible for a better understanding of the phenomenon studied.

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“…Studies have shown that the presence of depression among the elderly is one factor that is associated with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, and consequently, with the act of suicide. 1,2 Studies profiling elderly individuals who have attempted suicide are necessary for developing preventive care plans for this vulnerable group. In addition, the education of primary care providers in diagnosing and treating depression is an evidence-based suicide prevention practice.…”

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“…3 When undiagnosed and untreated, depression -a common psychiatric disease among the elderly 4 -can cause physical, social and functional impairment, thereby contributing to decreased quality of life and, at more severe degrees, to suicide. 1 Suicide among the elderly is a global public health problem that is expected to worsen as society ages. 5 Consequently, health professionals must be attentive to the signs and symptoms of depression and the risk factors that can trigger depression.…”

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Suicide among elderly: a systematic review

Alves¹,

Maia²,

Nardi³

2014

Medical Express

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This article aimed to perform a systematic review of suicide among the elderly. The literature review was conducted using three databases (SCOPUS, Medline/Pubmed and ISI Web of Science) using the terms suicide and elderly, suicide and older adult and suicide attempt. The publication dates were restricted between 2008 and 2013. Review or theoretical articles were excluded; only epidemiologic studies were selected. A total of 1613 references were found, but only seven met the inclusion criteria, namely articles that assessed the prevalence of suicide in elderly through retrospective cohort studies. The average study period was 7.9 years. The following average annual suicide rates were calculated: Italy (173/cases-year), New York (118.1/cases-year and 51 cases/ year-two studies), Ireland (92/cases-year), Finland (12.9/cases-year), Turkey (3.5/cases-year) and England (3/cases-year). All of the studies reported that elderly males had a higher rate of death by suicide compared to elderly females. Hanging, shooting by firearms, drowning and jumping from high places were prevalent suicide methods. Three articles reported that death by suicide was associated with the presence of psychiatric disorders, psychoactive substance use, and physical illnesses, as well as economic and emotional reasons. This review determined that the topic of suicide among the elderly is rarely discussed and that little is known about influences, causes, or prevalence of suicide among the elderly. Moreover, neither the type of health monitoring nor the medications that are used as interventions for eventual suicide victims are commonly reported in elderly populations.

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Características sociodemográficas e hábitos de vida de idosos com e sem indicativo de depressão

Cited by 10 publications

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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

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

Quality of life and depressive symptoms in the elderly living in community

Suicide among elderly: a systematic review

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