SELF-ESTEEM OF COMMUNITY-BASED ELDERLY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

• Autor(a) principal: Salerno, Michelle Couto
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Bolina, Alisson Fernandes, Dias, Flavia Aparecida, Martins, Nayara Paula Fernandes, Tavares, Darlene Mara dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/41895
• topic: Self-esteem; Aged; Elderly health care; Geriatric nursing.; Autoestima; Anciano; Atención a la salud del anciano; Enfermería geriátrica.; Ciências da Saúde; Enfermagem; Autoestima; Idoso; Atenção à saúde do idoso; Enfermagem geriátrica.

The aim was to assess the self-esteem of community-based elderly and verify its association with socio-demographic and health variables. The epidemiological survey was held in the urban region of Uberaba, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, with 980 elderly people. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Katz, Lawton and Short Geriatric Depression Scales were used and, for descriptive analysis, the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, Spearman’s correlation and multiple linear regression were used (p<0.05). The data were collected between August 2012 and March 2013. The female gender was predominant, 70-80 years, married, income one minimum wage, between four and seven years of education, who lived with their children. The median number of illnesses was five. The median self-esteem score was ten. The predictors of worse levels of self-esteem were higher age (p<0.01), lower education (p=0.021) and signs of depression (p<0.001). The community-based elderly presented high self-esteem and signs of depression were the main predictor of low self-esteem.