Gomes da Rocha, Carla and Von Gunten, A. and Ribeiro, Oscar and Jopp, Daniela and Cavalli, Stefano and Verloo, H. (2021) Depressive symptomatology and functional dependence among centenarians: The contribution of transitions theory to the exploration of problematic role transitions. In: La profession infirmière à la lumière de la transition, 12.05.2021, Genève. (Unpublished)
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The number of centenarians is increasing dramatically worldwide: from 441,000 in 2013, there are expected to be 3.4 million in 2050 and 20.1 million in 2100. In Switzerland, this population doubled from 787 centenarians in 2000 to 1,576 in 2018. Depression is one of the most frequent mental health problems, affecting approximately 7% of the older population worldwide. Depressive symptomatology nevertheless seems to be underdiagnosed and undertreated. Depressive disorders among older adults can lead to significant loss in their ability to carry out daily activities, adverse health outcomes and devastating effects on their quality of life. Nurses are the front-line professionals in home care, hospital settings and nursing homes, thus it is to inform and sensitize them for depressive symptomatology, improving personalised care interventions. Well-known risk factors associated with depressive symptomatology are chronic pain, frailty, bereavement and change in socioeconomic status. These circumstances may reflect developmental, situational and health/illness transitions. Transitions Theory recognises late-life as a period involving multiple transitions, and considers depression as a factor precipitating problematic role transitions. The prevalence of depressive symptomatology among Swiss centenarians is unknown since it is an emerging population and—to the best of our knowledge—no studies have explored this topic. As part of the national interdisciplinary “Swiss Centenarian Study (SWISS100): Vulnerability and Resilience at Age 100”, a doctoral thesis project is being conducted to provide key information about depressive symptomatology as a possible factor in vulnerability in very old age. Transitions Theory will be used as the project’s theoretical framework.
| Item Type: | Article in conference proceedings or Presentation at a conference (Poster) |
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| Subjects: | Social studies Social studies > Sociology |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale > Centro competenze anziani |
| Depositing User: | Roberta Torriani |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2021 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2021 15:03 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/12560 |
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