Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · Jan 1, 2019

Quality of life of institutionalized aged with and without symptoms of depression

By Scherrer Júnior G, Okuno MFP, Oliveira LM et al.

OBJECTIVE: compare the quality of life (QOL) of aged residents in homes for aged people with or without symptoms of depression, and identify social, physical activity; leisure; health and basic activities of daily living (ADL) variables that correlate with QOL scores. METHOD: cross-sectional study conducted with 101 institutionalized aged. Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis. RESULTS: symptoms of depression changed negatively the QOL in the domains: autonomy; present, past and future activities; social participation; intimacy and total score. Dependent aged presented lower QOL for the performance of ADL in the domains: autonomy; social participation and total score; dancing without limitation of movement; liking the residential and not presenting symptoms of depression were the variables that positively influenced the QOL of the aged. CONCLUSION: social and psychological support, good living conditions and stimulating assistance can improve the QOL of institutionalized elderlies.

doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0316 Open access PubMed 31826201 Populations