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- Title
Caracterização da funcionalidade familiar de idosos na Saúde da Família: um estudo transversal.
- Authors
de Lima Sardinha, Ana Hélia; Sousa, Larissa Garreto; de Sousa, Sara Maria Ferreira; Almeida, Joelson dos Santos
- Abstract
Introduction: Family functionality aims to verify the existence or absence of harmonics in family interactions in which the elderly are involved, because families are responsible for providing care with the Family Health in order to promote healthy aging. Objective To characterize family functionality of the elderly assisted in the Family Health Strategy. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, carried out at the Health Center (CS) from September 2018 to November 2019, located in the city of São Luís/MA. The study population were the elderly registered in (CS). The following sociodemographic and clinical variables and the instrument to assess family functionality were evaluated - APGAR Familiar with the following dimensions: adaptation, companionship, development, affectivity and resolving capacity. Results One hundred and forty-eight elderly people were interviewed, mostly females (64.9%), brown (64.2%), married (46%), with a single-parent family arrangement (37.2%), good family functionality (91.2 %) and the development category stood out (83.1%). Conclusion: Family functionality is a complex phenomenon, although it was possible to verify good functionality, with a strong point being the encouragement of families in the autonomy of the elderly.
- Subjects
ADAPTABILITY (Personality); ACTIVE aging; HEALTH facilities; SOCIAL support; AFFECT (Psychology); CROSS-sectional method; FAMILY health; QUANTITATIVE research; INTERVIEWING; GERIATRIC psychology; AUTONOMY (Psychology); FAMILY relations; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; MARITAL status
- Publication
Revista de Atencao Primaria a Saude, 2021, Vol 24, Issue 3, p477
- ISSN
1516-7704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34019/1809-8363.2021.v24.34570