Depressive symptoms, social vulnerability and quality of life of institutionalized elderly
Long Stay Institution for the Elderly, depression, social vulnerability, quality of life.
Introduction: The aging process is not homogeneous, quality of life means aging in an active and independent way, preserving the body's mental and functional capacity, which depend on factors: personal, social and environmental. Objective: to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with the association of depressive symptoms, social vulnerability, quality of life and sociodemographic characterization of institutionalized elderly people in Natal/RN and Parnamirim/RN. Method: analytical, cross-sectional study. Data will be collected from 22 Long-Term Institutions for the Elderly in the city of Natal/RN and Parmamirim/RN, with a population of 455 elderly people, considering, from the sample calculation, 209 elderly who will be invited to participate in the interviewees. For data collection, the instruments used will be: Mini Mental State Examination (MEE), socio-demographic and clinical data form, Geriatric Depression Scale (EDG), Social Vulnerability Scale (VES-13) and Medical Outcomes Study 36 (SF-36). The project will be submitted to the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. It is based on the ethical considerations of Resolution nº 466/2012 of the National Health Council, which regulates research with human beings. Subjects will sign the Informed Consent Form. Quantitative data collected will be analyzed descriptively and through parameters validated with the help of SPSS. To achieve the proposed objectives, descriptive statistical analysis of sociodemographic and clinical data and of the EDG, VES-13 and SF-46 will be performed, by calculating the mean, standard deviation and proportions and inferential analysis using the following statistical procedures: interval 95% confidence interval and Pearson or Spearman linear correlation coefficient, depending on the normality behavior of the variables. In all analyses, a p-value less than 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. We seek to identify the correlation between depressive symptoms, social vulnerability and quality of life of institutionalized elderly. This study aims, in this way, to fill, in part, gaps in scientific knowledge.