Ansiedade, qualidade de vida e práticas de lazer em tempos de pandemia da COVID-19 na população idosa de centros de convivência do município de Vitória - ES

• Autor(a) principal: Aguiar, Adriana Drummond de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/12632
• topic: Saúde Coletiva; Ansiedade; Atividades de lazer; Qualidade de vida; COVID-19; Idoso

Introduction: The elderly constitute a prominent population group in the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to the risk potential of this population, especially those with chronic diseases. Therefore, the diversity of aging, anxiety, quality of life and leisure practices are important aspects to be investigated. Objective: To evaluate the factors associated with anxiety, quality of life, and leisure practices in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in the elderly population of Community Centers in the municipality of Vitória, Espírito Santo. Material and Method: This is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design, carried out in the capital of the state of Espírito Santo, in the four Senior Living Centers, in a sample of 345 elderly people. For the collection of sociodemographic data, a script adapted from the IBGE and the Brazilian Economic Classification Criterion were used. With regard to the dependent variables, Anxiety was verified by means of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Leisure Practices was categorized by the Leisure Practices Scale, while Quality of Life was analyzed by the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, through the physical and mental dimensions that were dichotomized into below mean and above average. Data collection took place from June to December 2022. The characterization of the data was presented in the form of tables. The normality of the probability distribution was verified using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The level of significance was set at 5% and the 95% confidence interval was set. Results: In the Anxiety outcome, it was identified that older adults who practice less leisure are 3.9 times (p<0.001) more likely to have characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and that older adults with a mental component of quality of life below average are 6.5 times more likely (p<0.001). With regard to the outcome quality of life, multivariate logistic regression showed that beingof "white" race/color increases by 2.51 times the odds (p=0.032) of having an above- average mental component of quality of life, that not having characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder increases by 16.43 times the odds (p<0.001) of having an above-average mental component of quality of life and practicing more leisure timeincreases by 4.82 times the odds (p<0.001) of having an above-average physical component of quality of life. Regarding the leisure outcome, being female increases the chances of having more leisure practice by 2.8 times (p=0.016). Elderly people without characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder are 5.0 times (p<0.001) more likely to have more leisure, and those with a physical component of quality of life above-average have these chances increased by 2.6 times (p=0.009). Conclusions: The factors associated with anxiety in the elderly population are lower leisure practicesand a mental component of quality of life below average. The quality of life of the elderly is associated with white race/color, not having characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and practicing more leisure. Leisure practices, on the other hand, areassociated with female gender, not having characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the physical component of above-average quality of life.