Quality of life of institutionalized aged with and without symptoms of depression.

Autor: Scherrer Júnior G; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Okuno MFP; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Oliveira LM; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Barbosa DA; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Alonso AC; Universidade São Judas Tadeu. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Fram DS; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Belasco AGS; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2019 Nov; Vol. 72 (suppl 2), pp. 127-133.
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0316
Abstrakt: Objective: compare the quality of life (QOL) of aged residents in homes for aged people with or without symptoms of depression, and identify social, physical activity; leisure; health and basic activities of daily living (ADL) variables that correlate with QOL scores.
Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 101 institutionalized aged. Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis.
Results: symptoms of depression changed negatively the QOL in the domains: autonomy; present, past and future activities; social participation; intimacy and total score. Dependent aged presented lower QOL for the performance of ADL in the domains: autonomy; social participation and total score; dancing without limitation of movement; liking the residential and not presenting symptoms of depression were the variables that positively influenced the QOL of the aged.
Conclusion: social and psychological support, good living conditions and stimulating assistance can improve the QOL of institutionalized elderlies.
Databáze: MEDLINE