Qualidade de vida associada aos aspectos sociodemográficos e de saúde em idosos da estratégia saúde da família

Abstract

Introduction: population aging raises many debates about the new ways of health policy for the elderly. All changes related to old age, when associated with the lifestyle of the elderly, are decisive factors for the vulnerability of these individuals with regard to the risks to your health and your quality of life (QOL). There is a direct relationship with the emotional, cognitive, psychological and functional. The Family Health Strategy (ESF) is the main conductor of basic care, first level of complexity of the Unified Health System (SUS), it is the Brazilian graduated system of health care. Objective: To analyze the association of sociodemographic and the elderly QOL related to the ESF. Method: analytical, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, performed in Igapó communities in the north of the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (RN), the Dner neighborhood and Clinical Physiotherapy School, in the municipality of Santa Cruz-RN , Brazil, from December 2015 to March 2016. The instruments used were: the questionnaire of demographic data and characteristics of pain, the Mini examination instrument Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Brazilian version of the questionnaire validated quality of life Medical Outcomes short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results: The sample consisted of 120 patients, ascribed to the FHS. Among the socio-demographic criteria, it became clear predominance of women (83.3%) and aged between 60 and 71 years of age (61.7%). In the areas of QOL, highlight won the emotional aspects, with an average of 78.3 Christmas and Standard Deviation (SD) and +39.2 in Santa Cruz, 76.6 (+40.8). It also observed that these values are close to the average of the total sample in their field: 77.5 (+39.9). In the age group, there is a significant association between younger elderly with functional domains (mean 67.2 and ρ-value 0.03), emotional (average 82.0 and ρ-value 0.04) and size physical (average 51.4 and ρ-value 0.04), all these in Santa Cruz. Considering the total sample, there was also significant between the functional domain and younger elderly. Regarding marital status seniors with company were associated significantly to functional domains (mean 69.7 and ρ-value 0.03) and emotional (average 87.2 and ρ-value 0.04), both in Santa Cruz. Regarding the association between health aspects and QOL of the elderly, there is significance between the variable "pain in the last week", considering the absence of pain to functional domains (mean 76.7 and ρ value 0, 01) and emotional (average 96.1 and ρ-value (0.02), both in Santa Cruz). The non-use of medication (79.2 Average) showed significant association with the functional domain (ρ-value 0.02) in Santa Cruz. It is noteworthy that the functional domain had significance with most of the variables. Conclusion: this research showed that the sociodemographic and health aspects had significant association with QOL of the elderly. There is the need for planning interventions aimed to change variables.