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P4–401: Effectiveness of an internet intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia
Author(s) -
Blom Marco,
Pot Anne Margriet
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.08.234
Subject(s) - dementia , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , family caregivers , psychology , feeling , assertiveness , randomized controlled trial , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social psychology , disease , surgery , pathology
Background:Mortality in Brazil has undergone important changes over the years, with a drop of infectious diseases and increase in chronic degenerative diseases. Such changes are reflections of an aging population associated with changes in lifestyle such as unhealthy eating habits, smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity, poor education and social inequalities that contribute to the multiple comorbidities. In the elderly population, increasing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is characterized by progressive memory impairment and the presence of one or more cognitive deficits. In the world according Burdelin et al. (2009), in 2010, an estimated prevalence of 35 million individuals with AD, the year 2030. The World Health Organization estimates that this prevalence occurs mainly in developing countries like Brazil, China, Russia and India. The study of mortality rates, especially the AD, is an important mechanism for knowledge to action planning specific to the elderly in care and the provision of health services network of the Unified Health System (SUS) and support system the social population. Methods: This is a descriptive study of mortality Alzheimer’s disease, whose data were obtained from the Mortality Information System (SIM), the Ministry of Health were selected statements deaths in the states of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and St. Paulo (SP) and individuals 60 more years in 2008. We calculated the standardized mortality rate for the Brazilian population mortality AD states. Results: In 2008, the states were analyzed mortality by 3548 AD and found higher prevalence in females was 2327, male was 1221, rightly female rates of 1.7 and 1.5 per 100 000 hab. to the male, and RJ respective SP. The overall mortality rate was SP, 12.4 and RJ of 4.9 per 100 000 habitants. Conclusions: The results point to the need for reorganization of health services and social support to people with AD and their families with the preparation of action plan for the promotion of health and prevention of known risk factors for the disease, integration and intersectoral actions to securing life with more dignity by the people with AD.