Author:

• Fatima Gonçalves Cavalcante - CAVALCANTE,FG - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - FIOCRUZ/CLAVES - <fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br> +

Co-author(s):

• MARTA CONTE - Conte, M - PORTO ALEGRE, RS - Escola de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Sul (ESPRS) - <martacte@terra.com.br>
• Denise Duran Machado Gutierrez - GUTIERREZ,DDM - Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFA) - <ddgutie@ufam.edu.br >
• Ana Elisa Bastos Figueiredo - Figueiredo,A.E.B. - Rio de Janeiro, - Centro Latino Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde (CLAVES/ENSP) - <aebfigueiredo@yahoo.com.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-0911
• Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira - Vieira, L.J.E.S. - Fortaleza, - Universidade de Fortaleza (UF) - <janeeyre@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-027X
• Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento Mangas - MANGAS, RMNM - Centro Latino Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde (CLAVES/ENSP) - <raimangas.mangas1@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7284-7740
• Stela Nazareth Meneghel - Meneghel, S.N - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) - <stelameneghel@gmail.com> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7219-7178
• Gracyelle Alves Remigio Moreira - - MOREIRA,GAR - Universidade de Fortaleza (UF) - <gracyellecosta09@gmail.com>
• Sonia Grubits - Grubits S - Universidade Católica Don Bosco (UCDB) - <sgrubits@uol.com.br>
• Raimunda Magalhães da Silva - SILVA, R.M - Fortaleza, CE - Universidade de Fortaleza (UF) - <rmsilva@unifor.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-7520
• Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo - - Minayo, M.C.S - Centro Latino Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde (CLAVES/ENSP ) - <maminayo@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

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Abstract:

The article analyzes the quality and consistency of a semi-structured interview script, adapted for the study on suicide of elderly people, and presents the method of psychological and psychosocial autopsies, which is the result of this instrument application. The objective is to demonstrate how the use of an interview in depth and its data’s organization and analyses were tested and improved by a net of researchers of eight regions in Brazil. The evaluation of the method was used before and after the application of the instruments to collect, systematize and analyze data. This methodology was applied in 51 cases of elderly people who died by suicide in ten Brazilian municipalities. The study did more than just collect data with scientific rigor, since it also verified the consistency of the instrument used and the applicability of its method. So, the improved script and the instructions of how to apply and analyze it are presented here. The results show the rigor and trustworthiness of these methodological approach tested and qualified by a multidisciplinary and inter-institutional procedure.

Keywords:

psychological autopsy psychosocial autopsy elderly suicide rigor and quality of research instruments

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