Avaliação do risco de suicídio em idosos e fatores associados.

Abstract

Thesuicideconsistsintheself-causeddeathwithevidences,evenimplicitorexplicit,thatthe personpurposed/hadtheintentiontodie.Consideredasaworldpublichealth problemitis responsibleforaboutamillionofdethsayear.InBrazil,thesuiciderates incomparisionto othercountriesarealittlesmaller,however,theratesforelderpersonsaretwicebiggerthen theratesforgeneralpersons.Basedonthecomplexityofthisproblemand intheurgencyfor adoptionofactionstominimizetheoccourrenceofthosesuicidalincidentesinelderpersons, thisresearchhadaspurposestoevaluatetheriskofsuicideinelderpersons whoare inhabitantinthetownCuité–PBandtoanalyseitsrelatonstosocioeconomicand behavioral factors.It’satransversalobservationalresearchwithaquantitative illustration,developedin thetownCuité–PB,withexampleof81elderpersonscorrectlyregistered intheHealthof FamilyStrategy.Twovehicleswereusedtothedatacollection:thesociodemographic/ behavioralquestionnaireandtheSuicideRiskIndex.Theresultsshowthatmorethen 70%of theelderpersonshaveanintermediaryriskforsuicideand3,7%showhighrisk.Itwas verifiedsignificantassociationbetweensmokingandintermediaryrisk forsuicide(p- value=0,036),beyondthesignificantdifferenceofstresswiththehighriskofsuicide(p- value=0,035).Theresearchresultsconfirmthatelderpersonsareexposedtovarious risk factorsandsocialfragilitieswichmeantointerferewiththeirhealthandqualityoflife.The articulationoftheriskconditionsinitiatesituationsofextremestressand discomfort,tothe pointwheretheideaofself-harmarisesand/ortheactitselfisconsummated. Itisurgentethe needtotreattheelderpersonshealthmorebroadly,withefficienthealth servicesandqualified professionalfortheintegralcareofthispopulation,speciallyagainstthe vulnerability predictorofsuicide.