Mudanças e acontecimentos ao longo da vida: um estudo comparativo entre grupos de idosos

Silva Rosendo, Luipa Michele and Oliveira Silva, Antonia and Rangel Tura, Luiz Fernando and Silva Paredes Moreira, Maria Adelaide and Almeida Nogueira, Jordana and Cavalli, Stefano (2015) Mudanças e acontecimentos ao longo da vida: um estudo comparativo entre grupos de idosos. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 23 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0104-1169

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Abstract

Objective: to identify the changes which had occurred over the last year in the life of older adults, as well as the values attributed to these changes. Method: this is a multicentric, cross-sectional study, of the inquiry type, undertaken in three cities of the Brazilian Northeast, investigating two distinct groups of older adults. Results: among the 236 older adults interviewed, it was observed that 30.0% reported health as the main change in their life course in the last year, this category being the most significant response among the older adults aged between 80 and 84 years old (37.7%). Changes in the family were mentioned by 11.5% of the older adults; death (9.6%) and alterations in routine activities (9.6%). In relation to the value attributed to these changes, it was ascertained that for 64.7% of the older adults aged between 65 and 69 years old, these changes were positive. In the older group, 49.4% of the older adults believe that their changes were related to losses. Conclusion: the knowledge of the changes mentioned, the value attributed to these changes, and the self-evaluation of health provide information which assists in formulating actions which are more specific to the real needs of these age groups. They also provide the health professionals with a better understanding of how some experiences are experienced in the life trajectories of these older adults.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Subjects:	Subjects Allied to Medicine > Nursing
Department/unit:	Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale > Centro competenze anziani
Depositing User:	Stefano Cavalli
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2015 06:24
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2016 14:39
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/6309

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