Geriatric Anxiety Inventory--Chilean Version

Depression in Elderly People With Chronic Wounds Treated at the Skin Commission

“…The other sociodemographic variables were like the studies by Miranda-Castillo (18) and Oliveira (15) , except for the declaration of color, because whites were the majority in the study by Oliveira (15) . In this sense, the lower percentage of Afro-descendants may be associated with the anatomophysiological characteristics, because the stratum corneum of the black skin consists of more layers of cells than the white skin, thus conferring a more effective barrier to external stimuli and, consequently, less vulnerable to the development of lesions (19) .…”

“…The clinical profile of the study participants shows a predominance of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The literature mentions an association between these conditions and the appearance of depressive symptoms (18) , while the mental health history revealed that most do not attend frequently a psychiatrist and/or psychologist, although almost half of the participants presented symptoms suggestive of Depression according to GDS-15, which may be related to the stigma that has persisted since antiquity in relation to psychiatric diagnoses, linked to discrimination in society, further hindering the interest in the search for help and social insertion that is already weakened due to the occurrence of chronic wound (20) .…”