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- Title
Psychosocial adjustment and health in older people: cluster analysis.
- Authors
Monteiro Lima, Lígia Maria; Vilaça de Brito Santos, Célia Samarina; Bastos Martins de Almeida, Maria Celeste; Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins, Maria Manuela
- Abstract
Background: Healthy aging has both a physical and a psychosocial dimension, which justifies the need to better understand older people's psychosocial adjustment. Objectives: To study the psychosocial adjustment process in older people and explore its association with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Methodology: A quantitative, cross-sectional, and exploratory study was conducted with 922 community-dwelling older people aged 64 to 99 years. The following sociodemographic and clinical variables were analyzed: perceived health; positive and negative affect; perceived social support; and medication adherence. Results: Three psychosocial adjustment profiles were identified. The profile with the lowest scores in all indicators, called the worst adjustment, was composed of intermediate-age older people (M = 74.7; SD = 7.08), who also reported more symptoms and diseases. Conclusion: This study suggests the existence of a group of particularly vulnerable older people and highlights the need to develop nursing interventions focused on adaptive resources that can improve their health and psychosocial adjustment.
- Subjects
ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; HEALTH status indicators; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; ADAPTABILITY (Personality) in old age; DATA analysis; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIAL support; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; INDEPENDENT living; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Revista de Enfermagem Referência, 2018, Vol 4, Issue 16, p9
- ISSN
0874-0283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12707/RIV17070