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Quality of Life in the Face of Depression Among Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study in Brazil and Portugal.
Carolyna Vieira Cavalcante, Anna; Catarina de Souza Oliveira, Adriana; Gabriele Araújo de Oliveira Torres, Aline; Cristina Dos Santos Félix, Elise; Araújo da Silva Dantas, Bruno; Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda, Francisco; Laurência Gemito, Maria; Rosa Parreira Mendes, Felismina; de Vasconcelos Torres, Gilson; Maria Chaves Maia, Eulália.
Afiliação
  • Carolyna Vieira Cavalcante A; Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Health Sciences Center, Natal-RN, Brazil.
  • Catarina de Souza Oliveira A; Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), Faculty of Nursing, Murcia, Spain.
  • Gabriele Araújo de Oliveira Torres A; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil.
  • Cristina Dos Santos Félix E; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil.
  • Araújo da Silva Dantas B; Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Faculty of Science of Health of Trairi, Santa Cruz-RN, Brazil.
  • Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda F; Department of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil.
  • Laurência Gemito M; Department of Nursing, University of Évora, Portugal The Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), Portugal.
  • Rosa Parreira Mendes F; University of Évora, School of Nursing São João de Deus, Évora, Portugal.
  • de Vasconcelos Torres G; Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Health Sciences Center, Natal-RN, Brazil.
  • Maria Chaves Maia E; Department of Psychology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Health Sciences Center, Natal-RN, Brazil.
Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol ; 33(1): 20-27, 2023 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38764529
ABSTRACT

Background:

This study aimed to analyze and compare the association of depression levels with quality of life among older people in primary health care in Brazil and Portugal.

Methods:

This was a cross-sectional study conducted with older people in primary health care. The Medical Outcomes Short-Form Health Quality of Life (SF-36) instrument was used to measure the quality of life, and the Beck Depression Inventory was used to evaluate depression. We grouped the depression level variables into "absent/mild" and "moderate/severe" and tested their association with the categorical variables of quality of life ("better quality of life" and "worse quality of life").

Results:

The total sample was 150 participants (Brazil n = 100 and Portugal n = 50). Each group results in the subcategory of absent/mild depression (n = 129) indicated better quality of life in Portugal in physical role functioning (P = .027/odds ratio = 2.768), physical functioning (P < .001/odds ratio = 5.864), and the physical health dimension (P = .002/odds ratio = 3.752). The binary logistic regression analysis highlighted the domains physical role functioning (odds ratio = 1.01/CI for 95% = 1.00-1.03), physical functioning (odds ratio = 1.02/CI for 95% = 1.01-1.03), and the physical health dimension (odds ratio = 1.09/CI for 95% = 1.04-1.13).

Conclusion:

There was an association between better assessments of the physical and functional aspects of quality of life and lower levels of depression, in which we could highlight those aspects related to physical health and functionality. Among the groups studied, Portugal had better quality of life evaluations than Brazil. However, none of the groups overlapped the other in levels of depression.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Reino Unido