Funcionalidade familiar e depressão em idosos atendidos em um serviço especializado de atenção a saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Brito, Silmery da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5143
• topic: Envelhecimento; Idoso; Funcionalidade familiar; Depressão; Aging; Elderly; Family functioning; Depression; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

The longevity reached for the Brazilian population, although to represent advance for the people in this stage of the life, in such a way presents impacts in the family and the society, bringing reflections concerning the search of new knowledge for the understanding of the necessities in the physical scope, how much in the psychic one and the social of the aged. This study it objectified to evaluate the familiar functionality and its relation with the depressive picture in aged; to identify depressive symptoms in aged; and to verify association of the APGAR of Family of aged with the sociodemographic variable and the depressive picture. Treaties are estudo of descritivo-analytic of quantitative boarding, developed in the city of João Pessoa, who involved 225 aged ones taken care of in an Integral Center of Attention to the Health of the Aged. The data had been collected in the period of August the September of 2013, using the following instruments: Mini State Mental Exam of the Mental State, Scale of Geriatrical Depression and APGAR of Family. The analysis of the data was carried through using software SPSS. Descriptive statistics was adopted, exploratória and the association of the variable was carried through by means of the tests of accurate chi-square and of Fisher. The age average was evidenced that of aged he was 68,94 (± 5,69), with predominance of the feminine sex (85,78%), married (44%), catholics (61,78%), complete basic education (45,78%), familiar income of a minimum wage (50%). Of the total of 225 aged ones, 32.89% had presented depressivos symptoms. Amongst the sociodemographic variable, and the symptoms of depression. statistical significant association was verified only enters the level of education. How much to the familiar functionality, 62,67% aged had considered its families as functional and 37,33% had presented family dysfunction; amongst these, 20,44% moderate dysfunction and 16,89% raised. It did not have statistical significant association between the sociodemographic variable and Family Functionality. In relation to the dimensions of the APGAR of Family, the 'Fellowship' category represented the highest percentage of dissatisfaction in elderly patients with dysfunctional families. Already elderly patients with depressive symptoms was the "Resolve" category. Elderly inserted into functional families assessed as positive relationships established with all the relatives.While elderly patients with dysfunctional families revealed they are not satisfied with brothers-in-law, son-in-laws and nephews. As for the elderly with symptoms of depression, relationships with brothers, daughters and in-laws had a reasonable percentage of negative reviews. With regard to the correlation of family functioning with symptoms of depression, there was strong statistical association. The understanding of family functioning, as well as what your involvement may cause, such as disease of the elderly, appears to be a promising way for service planning and effective interventions for the elderly population.