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0286/2016 - Religiosidade, suporte social e uso de antidepressivos entre idosos residentes em comunidade: Um estudo de base populacional.
Religiousness, social support and the use of antidepressants among the elderly: A population-based study.

Author:

• Antônio Ignácio de Loyola Filho - Loyola Filho, A.I.L - Belo Horizonte, MG - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) / Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR) - <aloy@cpqrr.fiocruz.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-3477

Co-author(s):

• Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa - Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ-MG), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública (NESPE) - <costa@cpqrr.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-2980
• Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo - Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo - Belo Horizonte, - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ MG), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública e Envelhecimento (NESPE) - <firmoj@minas.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5330-476X
• Érico Castro-Costa - Castro-Costa, Érico - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ MG), Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública e Envelhecimento (NESPE) - <ericocastrocosta@gmail.com>
• Adriano Roberto Tarifa Vicente - Vicente, Adriano Roberto Tarifa - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou - <adriano_geriatria@yahoo.com.br>

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Assistência Farmacêutica

Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether religiosity and social support were associated with the use of antidepressants among community-dwelling elders. The research involved 1,606 older adults who make up the cohort of Bambuí Project, a study on ageing and health. The dependent variable was the use of antidepressants in the last 90 days, and the exposures of interest were social support and religiosity. Logistic regression was used to test the associations and to estimate crude and adjusted odds and their 95% confidence intervals. The chances of use of antidepressants were significantly lower among older people with higher level of religiosity (OR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.29 to 0.70), but none of the descriptors social support was associated with the event. In this elderly population, it is possible that religion occupies a prominent role in the arsenal of health problems coping strategies, especially mental. Health professionals attending this particular segment of the population (elderly people with depressive disorders) should consider religiosity of patients when the proposed guidelines and treatment in coping with their mental suffering.

Keywords:

religiousnessantidepressants social support elderlymedication use

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Loyola Filho, A.I.L, Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda, Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo, Castro-Costa, Érico, Vicente, Adriano Roberto Tarifa. Religiosidade, suporte social e uso de antidepressivos entre idosos residentes em comunidade: Um estudo de base populacional.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/religiosidade-suporte-social-e-uso-de-antidepressivos-entre-idosos-residentes-em-comunidade-um-estudo-de-base-populacional/15711



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