DEPRESSION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC WOUNDS TREATED AT THE SKIN COMMISSION

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  • Analine Souza Bandeira Correia Universidade Federal da Paraiba
  • Camila Arruda de Queiroz Lombardi ufpb
  • Amanda Trindade Pereira
  • Nilza Maria Cunha
  • Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos ufpb

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18471/rbe.v36.45878

Palabras clave:

Depression. Wounds. Elderly. Health of the Elderly. Mental Health.

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Objective: Verify the occurrence of depressive symptoms in the elderly with chronic wounds. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 40 elderly people at a University Hospital, using the Geriatric Depression Scale and a structured questionnaire with sociodemographic, clinical variables, lesion characteristics and a brief history of mental health. Results: There was a predominance of females (72.5%), brown (50.0%), Catholic (65.0%), married (50.0%), with incomplete primary education (55.0%), retired (92.5%), income between 1 and 2 minimum wages (62.5%), metabolic diseases (55.0%) and cardiac diseases (25.0%). The wounds were 55.0% venous ulcers, of which 85.0% are in the lower limb. Regarding the Scala scores, 40.0% presented symptoms suggestive of Depression. The elderly with venous wounds and located in the lower limb presented higher score of the depression median. Conclusion: Venous ulcers of the leg was a risk factor for the occurrence of Depression, which occurred in half of the elderly surveyed.
Descriptors: Depression. Wounds. Aged. Health of the Elderly. Mental Health.

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2022-11-21

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Bandeira Correia AS, Arruda de Queiroz Lombardi C, Trindade Pereira A, Maria Cunha N, Cordeiro Vasconcelos S. DEPRESSION IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC WOUNDS TREATED AT THE SKIN COMMISSION. Rev. baiana enferm. [Internet]. 21 de noviembre de 2022 [citado 26 de septiembre de 2025];36. Disponible en: https://revbaianaenferm.ufba.br/index.php/enfermagem/article/view/45878

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