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- Title
Avaliação da depressão em idosos com hipertensão arterial sistêmica.
- Authors
dos Santos da Silva, Patrícia Costa; Aparecida Monteiro, Lidiane; da Silva Graciano, Alessandra Domingues; de Souza Terra, Fábio; Velludo Veiga, Eugenia
- Abstract
We aimed to evaluate the presence of depression, the ability to perform activities of daily living, and the cognitive function of elderly with hypertension registered in a unit of the family health strategy. A descriptive-quantitative research conducted in Minas Gerais, Brazil, from December 2011 to January 2012, with 172 elderly patients, using a characterization instrument; the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale; the Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale; and the Mini-Mental State Examination. We found depressive symptoms in 30.2% of the sample, 93% of the elderly were classified as independent, 2.2% presented partial dependence, and 4.8%, total dependence. By associating the variables "ability to perform activities of daily living" and "depression", we found a statistically significant difference. Thus, we concluded that elderly patients with hypertension present depressive symptoms in a percentage higher than that found in the general population and that most have the ability to perform activities of daily living.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; GERIATRIC assessment; COGNITION; MENTAL depression; FISHER exact test; GERIATRIC nursing; HYPERTENSION in old age; RESEARCH methodology; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; ACTIVITIES of daily living; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p151
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2014000100019