Resultados: 11

Influence of chronic pain on cognitive performance in elderly caregivers: a longitudinal study

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (supl.2), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to compare cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with and without chronic pain over four years and verify the effect of pain intensity on cognitive performance of elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: a longitudinal study with data collected in 2014 and 2018. Community...

Association between perceived social support and better cognitive performance among caregivers and non-caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 74 (supl.2), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the association between the characteristics of the support network and cognitive performance of older caregivers and compare characteristics between caregivers and non-caregivers. Methods: we evaluated 85 older caregivers and 84 older non-caregivers registered with prima...

Factors associated with depressive symptoms in older adults in context of social vulnerability

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in the elderly inserted in a context of high social vulnerability. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 302 elderly people enrolled in Primary Care. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire, Geriatric Depressio...

Factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain

Rev. bras. enferm; 73 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors associated with depressive symptoms in elderly caregivers with chronic pain. Method: the study included people 60 years of age or older who reported chronic pain and cared for another elderly person living in the same household (n=186). Statistical analyzes were ...

Factors associated with the development of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: evaluate the factors associated with the risk of diabetes mellitus in older caregivers. Method: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with 326 older caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, clinical ...

Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms of elderly caregivers. Method: a cross - sectional study carried out with 341 elderly caregivers enrolled in Family Health Units of a city in the countryside of São Paulo State. The interviews were d...

Effects of health education in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the effects of health education on both cognition and depressive/anxiety symptoms in the elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Method: this is a randomized and controlled clinical trial. Participants (n=22) were recruited from a specialized outpatient clinic, and ...

Effects of a Health Education program on cognition, mood and functional capacity

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: Assess the effect of a Health Education (HE) program on cognition, mood and functional capacity of participants in a University of The Third Age (U3A). Method: Controlled clinical trial. The HE Program consisted of 10 sessions with group dynamics, including orientations on disease p...

Elderly who take care of elderly: a study on the Frailty Syndrome

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: Identifying prevalence of frailty in elderly caregivers inserted in a high social vulnerability context and its correlation with sociodemographic and health aspects. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. Forty elderly caregivers were evaluated with: questionn...

Stress and optimism of elderlies who are caregivers for elderlies and live with children

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the relation between stress and optimism of elderlies who are informal caregivers for elderlies and live with children. Method: cross-sectional study on 50 elderlies who provide care to elderlies, live with children, and are registered in the primary health care. The int...