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Health Demands Characteristics and Quality of Life in the Elderly Monitored in the Primary Care

Author(s) -

Jéssica Maria Arouca de Miranda,

Neidjany Patrícia Lima Torres,

Gislani Acásia da Silva Toscano,

Anna Carolyna Vieira Cavalcante,

Rafaela Araújo Oliveira,

Alessandra Justino Dionísio,

Anne Caroline Rodrigues Barbosa,

Lara Laise Alves da Silva,

Joana Gabriela Borges Soares,

Vanessa Gomes da Costa,

J. Morais,

Camila Cintya Fernandes Morais,

Adélia Dalva da Silva Oliveira,

Eulália Maria Chaves Maia,

Rosana Lúcia Alves de Vilar,

Henry de Holanda Campos,

Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2316

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , gerontology , mental health , activities of daily living , depression (economics) , intervention (counseling) , descriptive statistics , geriatric depression scale , scale (ratio) , descriptive research , nursing , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , anxiety , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics

Background: To characterize the demands of health and quality of elderly peoplemonitored in the primary care of Rio Grande do Norte/Brazil.\udMethods and Findings: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study of a quantitative approach with elderly patients monitored by the primary care. The sample was given for convenience, obtaining 120 participants. The research was conducted through an interview with theapplication of the following questionnaires: Mini Mental State Examination, Socio-demographic Data and Pain Characteristics, Short-Form-36, Mini Nutritional Assessment, the primary activities of daily living, the instrumental activities of daily living, Prism 7 and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS statistical program, in which descriptive and association tests were used.The main demands were related to functionality, followed by nutritional and geriatric depression. The quality of life presented worse results in the domain of general health status and better scores in the emotional and mental health aspects. Regarding the dimensions, the physical health obtained aworse score.\udConclusion: Based on the characterization of the health demands found, it is suggested to perform other studies with the same population, enabling to plan and implementing a multidimensional intervention and improving the quality of life of the elderly people.\udKeywords: Elderly; Quality of Life; Aging; Elderly Health; Nursing

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