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A baixa qualidade de vida dos idosos institucionalizados está associada a um fraco suporte social e a maiores índices de depressão. O objetivo principal deste estudo foi verificar se a ausência de suporte social e a presença de depressão afetam a qualidade de vida das mulheres idosas institucionalizadas. A amostra foi constituída por 33 idosos do sexo feminino com idades compreendidas entre os 39 e os 90 anos (M=75.15, D.P.=12.84). Assim, 22 indivíduos eram naturais de um meio rural (66.7%), enquanto, que, 11 eram originários de um meio urbano (33.3%). As participantes eram provenientes do Lar Nevarte Gulbenkian, do Lar D. Diogo de Sousa e do Centro Social da Paróquia de Vieira do Minho. Os instrumentos utilizados foram, além de um questionário sócio - demográfico, a escala de depressão geriátrica (EDG), a escala WHOQOL – BREF e a escala de satisfação com o suporte social (ESSS). Os principais resultados deste estudo mostram que menores valores de depressão estão associados a maiores valores de qualidade de vida e de suporte social e que os participantes sem depressão apresentam uma avaliação mais positiva da sua qualidade de vida e da sua satisfação com o suporte social.
The low quality of life of institutionalized elderly people is associated to a weak social support and higher scores of depression. The goal of this study was to study if the lack of social support and the presence of depression affect the quality of life of institutionalized elderly women. The sample was composed by 33 elderly women, ranged between 39 and 90 years (M=75.15, S.D.=12.84). Thus, 22 individuals were natural from a rural area (66.7%) and 11 were born in an urban area (33.3%). The participants were from the Nevarte Gulbenkian’s and D. Diogo de Sousa’s home and Centro Social da Paróquia de Vieira do Minho. The used instruments were, beyond a demographic questionnaire, the geriatric depression scale (GDS), the WHOQOL – BREF scale and the social support satisfaction scale (SSSS). The main results of this study show that lower scores of depression are associated with higher values of quality of life and social support, and the participants with no depression present a more positive evaluation of their quality of life and social support satisfaction.
The low quality of life of institutionalized elderly people is associated to a weak social support and higher scores of depression. The goal of this study was to study if the lack of social support and the presence of depression affect the quality of life of institutionalized elderly women. The sample was composed by 33 elderly women, ranged between 39 and 90 years (M=75.15, S.D.=12.84). Thus, 22 individuals were natural from a rural area (66.7%) and 11 were born in an urban area (33.3%). The participants were from the Nevarte Gulbenkian’s and D. Diogo de Sousa’s home and Centro Social da Paróquia de Vieira do Minho. The used instruments were, beyond a demographic questionnaire, the geriatric depression scale (GDS), the WHOQOL – BREF scale and the social support satisfaction scale (SSSS). The main results of this study show that lower scores of depression are associated with higher values of quality of life and social support, and the participants with no depression present a more positive evaluation of their quality of life and social support satisfaction.
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Qualidade de vida Depressão e satisfação com o suporte social Idosas institucionalizadas Quality of life Depression and social support satisfaction Institutionalized elderly people