Envelhecimento, depressão e qualidade de vida do idoso: uma revisão de literatura

• Autor(a) principal: Véras, Renata Mendes Macêdo
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2963
• topic: Depressão; Velhice; Qualidade de Vida; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

In the last few decades, there has been a significant increase in life expectancy worldwide. Among the factors for this increase are the fall in the birth rate, the reduction of infant mortality, scientific advances and access as public policies of social assistance, such as work and social security for example. There is also an improvement in the area of preventive medicine and access to more effective medicines such as vaccines and antibiotics. However, even in the face of these advances, an elderly population is more prone to the development of chronic diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and depression, the latter being one of the most prevalent. Depression in the elderly is a public health problem and its high prevalence represents a debilitating condition, characterized by situations of sadness, demotivation, isolation and changes in socio-affective relationships. In this sense, this bibliographic review work aimed at publications already existing publications on the impacts of depression in the elderly and the means that can contribute to an improvement in the quality of life, considering that it is a problem that is not limited only to the health field, but also social, historical and cultural issues. Evidence indicates that senile depression has been shown to be a serious public health problem, motivated by different epidemiological factors. It is also evident that the lack of public policies, associated with socioeconomic conditions of the elderly population, has defined as an important condition for maintaining depression, impacts directly impact on the reduction of their quality of life and, consequently, no increase in the rates of mortality.