Knowledge and motivation of the elderly about geriatric care in public service in Teresina/PI

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Rawenna Machado Dias de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Barros, João José Moura, Ribeiro, João Luiz Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/24432
• topic: Geriatria; Motivação; Conhecimento; Consulta médica.; Geriatría; Motivación; Conocimiento; Consulta médica.; Geriatrics; Motivation; Knowledge; Medical appointment.

Objective: To analyze the knowledge of people aged 60 years or over about the geriatric specialty and their motivation to seek specialized care from a geriatrician. Methodology: This is a qualitative, quantitative, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study. Sample: 357 elderly, confidence level: 95% (z = 1.96), E = 5%, p = 0.23 and N = 5000. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument. Results: 55.5% totally agreed about the existence of a specialty to care for aging, 75.4% totally disagreed about the recommendation of a professional to see a geriatrician, 15.4% had a consultation with this professional, 40.6% some limitation in seeing a geriatrician, including transport, distance and income as the factors most identified by respondents. Conclusion: For the elderly included in this study, there is as much knowledge in knowledge about geriatrics as there is motivation for these elderly people to consult a geriatrician.