Factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain

Abstract

Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: the study included people 60 years of age or older who reported chronic pain and cared for another elderly person living in the same household (n=186). Statistical analyzes were performed using the Mann-Whitney test, univariate and multiple logistic regression. Results: most participants had no depressive symptoms (70.4%), 24.2% had mild depressive symptoms and 5.4% had severe symptoms. Univariate analysis showed that the variables family income, number of diseases, number of medications in use, pain intensity, overload and perceived stress were associated with depressive symptoms. Multivariate analysis found an association with perceived stress (95% CI 1.101-1207) and number of medications (95% CI 1.139-1.540) in use. Conclusion: factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain were stress and the number of medications in use.

Association between polypharmacy and depression: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Four studies were not included in the meta-analysis so they were only used for qualitative summary: one study 22 used the same database as a study that was included in the meta-analysis; 23 three other studies reported data that could not be pooled because of the too-small number of articles (two studies reported the association between polypharmacy and depression as Pearson's correlation coefficient (r), 24,25 and the other study reported the number of medications used by depressed and nondepressed patients 26 ). All of the included studies were observational, 19 of them were cross-sectional, [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] and four of them were prospective cohorts. [40][41][42][43] The characteristics of the 23 articles are summarised in Table 1.…”

Rastreamento de violência contra pessoas idosas: associação com estresse percebido e sintomas depressivos em idosos hospitalizados

“…One research found a relationship between medication and depression, in which the greater the relationship between medication and the elderly, the greater the chance ratio for depression. 8 Projecting this scenario to the reality of this research, the risk for violence Violence, stress and depression in elderly Antequera IG, Lopes MCBT, Batista REA, Campanharo CRV, Costa PCP, Okuno MFP increases even more, since the symptoms of depression generate greater vulnerability in the elderly, and may interfere with their functional capacity, self-care and social relations. The most prevalent morbidity in this study was HAS.…”

“…7 An integral part of this scenario is the higher level of perceived stress and which is linked to the higher level of depression. 8 In addition, these factors cause loss of autonomy and aggravation of pre-existing pathological conditions in the elderly, as well as social factors that interfere with functional capacity, self-care and their social relations. 9 In the health field, population aging requires from the health system a continuous and multidisciplinary assistance organization, which renews the work process, assuring the realization of health actions and services that, in turn, promote the quality of life of these individuals, involving physical health and social and psychological well-being.…”

Sintomatologia depressiva em cuidadores familiares de idosos com Alzheimer ou outra demência

“…Os resultados evidenciam alto índice de cuidadores com sintomas depressivos de leve a moderado, detectados pelas escalas de HAM-D e MADRS, muito acima do encontrado na literatura (Santos-Orlandi et al, 2019;Terassi, Rossetti, Luchesi, Gramani-Say, Hortense, & Pavarini, 2020). Em nosso estudo, 31,3% dos entrevistados relataram diagnóstico prévio, e dos que referiram não possuir, apenas um não apresentou resultados para sintomatologia depressiva na HAM e MADRS.…”