Depressão em Idosos de uma Comunidade assistida pela Estratégia de Saúde da Família em Passo Fundo, RS

Abstract

Objective: To identify the prevalence of depression in the elderly attended by the Family Health Strategy (FHS), and to identify the associated factors as well. Methods: transversal study with 151 elderly who live in the area registered in the FHS in Passo Fundo, RS. Data were collected through a structural questionnaire and Geriatric Depression Scale GDS-15. Results: 33.1% are male, aging predominantly from 60 to 69 years old, average schooling level 4.14 years of study (DP: 2.63), 8.2% are illiterate or semi-illiterate, 21.9% declared some depressive episode and 2.6% declared other psychiatric illness. There was association between depression and health perception, family lost, asthma, fracture occurrence, cardiac insufficiency, and arthritis (p < 0.01). Conclusions: the results showed that the prevalence of depression in the elderly in the studied FHS was of 21.2%, from which 17.9% were diagnosed with mild to moderate depression, and 3.3% with severe depression, who are in need of integral and multidisciplinary interventions aiming at the reduction of the associated factors and at the qualification of their lives.

Prevalence of depressive symptoms among elderly women from a Center of Reference and Care for the Elderly in the city of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul

“…Another study conducted in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, by Borges and Dalmolin 29 , which evaluated 151 elderly persons receiving care through the Estratégia de Saúde da Família (the Family Health Strategy), using the same data collection instrument, the GDS, found that 18.0% had mild depression and 3.3% had severe depression, values greater than those of the present study. Casagrande et al 16 assessed a group of elderly persons and found that only 12.0% of respondents had symptoms of depression.…”

Análise fatorial de sintomas depressivos e ocorrência de quedas em idosos

“…Este método fatorial reduziu a dimensionalidade dos itens e destacou aqueles mais representativos e correlacionados, que foram: medo de momentos futuros, anedonia que compromete a capacidade de sentir prazer na vida, ansiedade e condição apática ligada ao isolamento social. Esses itens são semelhantes aos encontrados na literatura consultada [11,13,24], apontando que tais condições são determinantes para o risco depressivo, como observado o item 2 da escala: "diminuiu parte de suas atividades de interesse", que obteve maior pontuação na matriz de comunalidade, sugerindo forte influência para deflagrar o risco de depressão.…”

“…Conhecer as condições de saúde dos idosos revestese de grande importância científica e social, visto que esses transtornos afetam a capacidade funcional, apresentam elevada frequência e comprometem negativamente a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos [13]. O uso sistemático de escalas validadas, de boa confiabilidade avaliativa sobre a depressão, pode viabilizar a detecção precoce desse distúrbio na prática clínica e assistencial.…”

“…O uso sistemático de escalas validadas, de boa confiabilidade avaliativa sobre a depressão, pode viabilizar a detecção precoce desse distúrbio na prática clínica e assistencial. A EDG-15 é uma escala simples que serve a esse propósito [13,14].…”

Depressive Symptoms in Elderly People / Sintomas Depressivos em Grupos de Terceira Idade

“…A study carried out with elderly patients in Passo Fundo city, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, found that 66.9% of them reported having hypertension, demonstrating its high occurrence among the elderly. 18 A study conducted with elderly residents in rural areas found that elderly patients with a greater number of morbidities were 24% more likely to have indicative depression, but it had no relationship to hypertension and diabetes.…”