FATORES DE RISCO ASSOCIADOS À DEPRESSÃO GERIÁTRICA

Abstract

Identify risk factors for depression in the elderly. It is an integrative literature review, carried out in December 2020, through the CAPES Journal Portal and the MEDLINE database, via the PUBMED and VHL platform. The inclusion criteria were articles published between 2015 and 2020, complete and available in full, in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Therefore, duplicated theses, dissertations, case studies, book chapters and articles were excluded from this study. The final sample consisted of 11 articles. It was found that the risk factors for depression in the elderly can be grouped into 5 dimensions: socio-demographic risk factors; impaired functional capacity; social support and stressful life events; health conditions and level of physical activity and leisure. These factors included low level of education, divorced, single or widowed marital status, presence of more than one chronic pathology, absence of social, leisure and physical activity practices. Knowledge about risk factors can help prevent the development of depression in this population. Therefore, the importance of seeking to understand and investigate the factors that influence this disorder is highlighted, in order to direct health actions to promote the quality of life of the elderly.