Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children

Oliveira, Nathalia Alves de; Souza, Érica Nestor; Luchesi, Bruna Moretti; Inouye, Keika; Pavarini, Sofía Cristina Iost

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0088

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“…Social support and the quality of relationships surrounding the elderly can positively influence the variables optimism and stress, developing resilience and, consequently, the ability to overcome difficult situations through the help of quality family and social experience, reducing stress (32) .…”

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Mental health profile of the elderly community: a cross-sectional study

Cordeiro¹,

Santos

Araújo

et al. 2020

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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Objective: to describe the mental health profile of the elderly registered in a Family Health Unit in the city of Recife, Pernambuco State. Method: it was a descriptive quantitative study, conducted with 159 elderly through the scales Geriatric Depression, Resilience, Social Support, Life Satisfaction, and Positive and Negative Affects, Mini-Mental State Examination, Stressful Events Inventory and Brazil Old Age Shedule. Results: females, young and literate elderly predominated. Most were satisfied with life, 52.2% without depressive symptoms, 68.6% without cognitive impairment, 67.9% high resilience and 95.8% high social support, but 62% of elderly with depressive symptoms showed cognitive deficit. Negative correlation was identified between depression and cognitive impairment, resilience, social support and life satisfaction. Conclusion: assessment of these indicators identifies triggers of psychological distress, assisting the nursing staff in the development of preventive and care actions.

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Mental health profile of the elderly community: a cross-sectional study

Cordeiro¹,

Santos

Araújo

et al. 2020

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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“…We are living today in a context in which a high prevalence of elderly people is observed taking care of other older people more dependent (4) . When the caregiver is also an elderly person, health professionals and, in particular, the nursing team should be attentive to the health conditions of this elderly caregiver.…”

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Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms

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Objective: to investigate the association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms of elderly caregivers. Method: a cross - sectional study carried out with 341 elderly caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo State. The interviews were domiciliary and included questionnaire for characterization of the caregiver, Fried’s frailty phenotype, family APGAR (family functionality), Geriatric Depression Scale (depressive symptoms) and item 3 of the Herth Hope Scale (loneliness). Logistic regression was used to analyze the association between depressive symptoms and solitude (independent variables), and frailty and pre-frailty (dependent variables). Results: there was an association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms. Elderly caregivers had increased odds of 158% presenting pre-frailty, and 360% of frailty. Elderly caregivers with depressive symptoms had an increased chance of 242% of presenting fragility. Conclusion: elderly and lonely caregivers with depressive symptoms are more likely to be frail and pre-frail.

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“…This is an important aspect for health professionals in primary care to consider with regard to proposing interventions directed at the positive aspects of caregivers in order to help such individuals deal with the demands of care better. Data from a study that analyzed the relationship between level of optimism and stress in elderly caregivers of the elderly in an intergenerational context showed that optimism was an important variable for stress reduction in this context 38 . In another research with caregivers of elderly people with dementia researchers have identified that optimism is an important mediator variable to minimize feelings of anger and increase vitality 39 .…”

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Elderly caregivers of other elderly living with and without children: burden, optimism and coping strategies

Oliveira

Souza

Luchesi

et al. 2020

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Idosos cuidadores de outros idosos que residem com e sem crianças: sobrecarga, otimismo e estratégias de enfrentamento Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é comparar o nível de sobrecarga, otimismo e as estratégias de enfrentamento de idosos cuidadores de idosos que residem com e sem crianças. Estudo transversal realizado com amostra de 301 idosos cuidadores cadastrados nas Unidades de Saúde da Família. Foram entrevistados 301 idosos cuidadores, sendo que 257 não residiam com crianças e 44 residiam. Os instrumentos utilizados foram Escala de Sobrecarga de Zarit, Escala de Espiritualidade de Pinto e Pais Ribeiro e Inventário para Avaliação das Estratégias de Enfrentamento. Foram usados o teste T de Student e teste U Mann-Whitney para a comparação entre os dois grupos. O nível de sobrecarga foi significativamente maior nos idosos cuidadores que residiam com crianças (p = 0,01) e não houve diferença significativa para o otimismo. Os idosos cuidadores que não residiam com crianças reportaram o uso significativamente superior de estratégias de enfrentamento focadas em emoções negativas (p < 0,01), religiosidade (p < 0,01) e inibição de emoções negativas (p = 0,01). O nível de sobrecarga foi maior entre os idosos cuidadores que residiam com crianças. Os idosos cuidadores que não tinham crianças no domicílio reportaram maior uso de estratégias focadas na emoção e na religião para enfrentar as demandas do cuidado ao idoso.Abstract This article aims to compare level of burden, optimism and coping strategies among elderly caregivers of other elderly individuals who reside with and without children. A cross-sectional study was with a sample of 301 elderly caregivers of elderly Brazilians seen in primary health care. Among the 301 caregivers interviewed, 44 resided with children and 257 did not. Evaluations involved the administration of the Zarit Burden Inventory, Spirituality Scale (optimism) and Coping Strategies Inventory. Either the Student's t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test was used for the comparisons between the two groups. Burden level was significantly higher among elderly caregivers who resided with children (p = 0.01). No significant differences were found with regard to optimism. Elderly caregivers who did not reside with children reported significantly greater use of coping strategies focused on the expression of negative emotions (p < 0.01), religiosity (p < 0.01) and the inhibition of negative emotions (p = 0.01). The elderly caregivers of other elderly individuals who resided with children had a higher level of burden and used coping strategies less than those who did not reside with children.

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Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

Mental health profile of the elderly community: a cross-sectional study

Mental health profile of the elderly community: a cross-sectional study

Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms

Elderly caregivers of other elderly living with and without children: burden, optimism and coping strategies

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