0284/2018 - Elderly caregivers of other elderly living with and without children: Burden, optimism and coping strategies. Idosos cuidadores de outros idosos que residem com e sem crianças: Sobrecarga, otimismo e estratégias de enfrentamento.
Objetivo: Comparar o nível de sobrecarga, otimismo e as estratégias de enfrentamento de idosos cuidadores de idosos que residem com e sem crianças. Método: estudo transversal realizado com idosos cuidadores cadastrados nas Unidades de Saúde da Família de uma cidade interior do estado de São Paulo. Os instrumentos utilizados foram Escala de Sobrecarga de Zarit, Escala de Espiritualidade de Pinto e Pais Ribeiro e Inventário para Avaliação das Estratégias de Enfrentamento. Resultados: Foram entrevistados 301 idosos cuidadores, sendo que 85,3% não residiam com crianças e 14,7% residiam. O nível de sobrecarga foi significativamente maior nos idosos cuidadores que residiam com crianças (p=0,01) e não houve diferença significativa para o otimismo. Os idosos cuidadores que não residiam com crianças reportaram o uso significativamente superior de estratégias de enfrentamento focadas em emoções negativas (p
Palavras-chave:
Criança; Idoso; Cuidadores; Relações familiares.
Abstract:
Objective: Compare level of burden, optimism and coping strategies among elderly caregivers of other elderly individuals who reside with and without children. Method: A cross-sectional study was with a sample of 301 elderly caregivers of elderly Brazilians seen in primary health care. Among the 301 caregivers interviewed, 44 resided with children and 257 did not. Evaluations involved the administration of the Zarit Burden Inventory, Spirituality Scale (optimism) and Coping Strategies Inventory. Either the Student’s t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test was used for the comparisons between the two groups. Results: Burden level was significantly higher among elderly caregivers who resided with children (p=0.01). No significant differences were found with regard to optimism. Elderly caregivers who did not reside with children reported significantly greater use of coping strategies focused on the expression of negative emotions (p
Idosos cuidadores de outros idosos que residem com e sem crianças: Sobrecarga, otimismo e estratégias de enfrentamento.
Resumo (abstract):
Objective: Compare level of burden, optimism and coping strategies among elderly caregivers of other elderly individuals who reside with and without children. Method: A cross-sectional study was with a sample of 301 elderly caregivers of elderly Brazilians seen in primary health care. Among the 301 caregivers interviewed, 44 resided with children and 257 did not. Evaluations involved the administration of the Zarit Burden Inventory, Spirituality Scale (optimism) and Coping Strategies Inventory. Either the Student’s t-test or the Mann-Whitney U-test was used for the comparisons between the two groups. Results: Burden level was significantly higher among elderly caregivers who resided with children (p=0.01). No significant differences were found with regard to optimism. Elderly caregivers who did not reside with children reported significantly greater use of coping strategies focused on the expression of negative emotions (p
Oliveira, N.A, Souza, E.N, Luchesi, B.M, Alexandre, T.S, Inouye, K, Pavarini, S.C.I.. Elderly caregivers of other elderly living with and without children: Burden, optimism and coping strategies.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/jun). [Citado em 22/12/2024].
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