Angela Vieira Brunelli

Avaliação da resiliência do cuidador de idosos com Alzheimer

This observational study of the descriptive case study type aimed to evaluate the resilience of caregivers of demented elderly people with Alzheimer. A questionnaire was used to trace the profile of the caregivers; bipolar protocol to evaluate the fatigue subjective state; the SRQ - Self Report Questionnaire to evaluate the stress; the Zarit inventory to evaluate overload and protocol to evaluate resilience of the six caregivers who participated in this study. Quantitative variables were described as a function of their average and variance. For associations, the Pearson Correlation and the Chi-Square test were used. The significance level adopted was p < 0.05. Results indicated that 83.3% of caregivers were females and 16.7% males, four of which (66.7%) sons and two (33.3%), consorts. It was observed that the health status of four caregivers got worse, going from a regular to a bad state in a five-year period. One (16.7%) caregiver dedicated 20 hours of his time for caring, and for the others (83.3%) the requirement was of 24 hours. Two did not show any possibility of developing disturbances, while four showed possibilities of developing mental disturbances. 66.7% of the caregivers did not show overload, while 33.3% were under intense overload. Even though some demonstrated fatigue and overload, the majority (83.3%) presented a high disposition for resilience. There was significant association between resilience and age (p< 0.05), and this expressed that the older the caregiver the greater the resilience.

CONDIÇÕES DE SAÚDE E PERFIL DE IDOSOS DO MUNICÍPIO DE XV DE NOVEMBRO – RS

O objetivo foi conhecer o perfil e as condicoes de saude dos idosos do municipio de XV de Novembro-RS. Realizou-se estudo observacional descritivo. A amostra envolveu 10% dos idosos do municipio que frequentam as Unidades Basicas de Saude, atraves do programa ESF. Participaram 71 idosos (34 masculino; 37 feminino). Utilizou-se questionario de Boult el al.(1994), adaptado por Veras. Os resultados indicaram que ha grande percentual de idosos casados, vivendo em casa propria, com ensino fundamental incompleto. A principal profissao era agricultura. A faixa etaria prevalente foi dos 60 aos 79 anos e com reduzido numero de filhos. A percepcao de saude foi boa, sendo que a maioria nao precisou de internacao hospitalar nenhuma vez e realizaram de duas a tres consultas (ultimo ano). As cirurgias mais frequentes foram histerectomia, colecistectomia e apendicectomia e a doenca mais prevalente foi a hipertensao. Dentre as neoplasias prevaleceu o câncer de pele.