| Autor: |
de Souza LM; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. luccasms@gmail.com, Lautert L, Hilleshein EF |
| Jazyk: |
portugalština |
| Zdroj: |
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P [Rev Esc Enferm USP] 2010 Sep; Vol. 44 (3), pp. 561-9. |
| DOI: |
10.1590/s0080-62342010000300003 |
| Abstrakt: |
The objective of this cross-sectional, comparative study was to describe the demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics of elderly voluntary workers of a Non-governmental organization of Porto Alegre, and investigate the influence of voluntary work and the referred characteristics on the subjects' self-perception of health, compared to a paired group of elderly individuals who did not perform any voluntary work. Through interviews it was found that 87.4% of the elderly voluntary workers were women, with complete secondary education, had their own income and followed a religion and a healthy lifestyle. The comparison of data from both groups showed that self-perception of great health was more common among voluntary workers (30.5% compared to 6.1%, p = 0.054). Multivariate analysis revealed that performing voluntary work and having fewer diseases influenced the individuals' having a positive self-perception of their health (p < 0.05). Study results support the hypothesis that voluntary work may be a mechanism of health promotion among the elderly. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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