Caracterização do perfil de saúde de idosos institucionalizados.

Abstract

The aging should be perceived in its entirety, ie, realizing the elderly as biopsychosocial and singularbeing, with limitations, independence, and activities of daily living, not relating him to synonyms disease or worthlessness, but as a similar step to the other that may be associated with difficulties and problems to be solved.Epidemiological data show that in recent years, the life expectancyincreased and the number of the elderly population grew. This increase is related to improvements in living conditions, as well as the progress of medicine. Thus, it is clear the need for comprehensive care aimed at the elderly, which in many cases is not performed by the family, resulting in institutionalization.The general objective of the study is to characterize the health profile of institutionalized elderly in Cajazeiras- PB and the specific to describe the sociodemographic characteristics of the institutionalized elderly, to identify the prevalence of diseases of the institutionalized elderly and to present the health profile of institutionalized elderly from the NOTTINGHAM (PSN) instrument. It is a study of exploratory and descriptive nature with quantitative approach.To obtain the data was used a semi-structured questionnaire with 30 elderly, attending the inclusion criteria and after agreeing to participate in the study, the data collection was held in elderly institutions in the city of Cajazeiras. The data were tabulated and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS versão21) using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and median.The results showed that the institutionalized elderly are mostly female 60%, the level of education of the participants prevailed illiterate (80.0% G1, G2 76.7%). In relation to marital status in G1 53.3 % were single in the G2 46.7% widow, the age of the elderly ranged from 60 to 115 years with a median of 76.00 for the G1 and G2 in 79.50. About the institutionalization of reason for the two groups were ill-treatment (G1 40%, G2 33%) and they lived alone (G1 33% and G2 26%), with respect the comorbidities points out that the various pathologies found predominant hypertension 43% G2 and Alzheimer's disease in 40% G1.Concerning evaluation of PSN,the fields of energy, social interaction and physical abilities reveal possible compromise the quality of life in median circumstances presented. It concludes that the study contributes to the researchers see the real scene of health profile of institutionalized elderly, and provide subsidy for new discussions about the quality of life, enabling to the professionals and students new perspectives about assistance to the institutionalized elderly.