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Prevalência da sintomatologia depressiva em idosos em uma área de saúde da família no município de Maringá, Estado do Paraná
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Porcu, Mauro Fritzen, Claudio Vinicius Cano, Marcelo Fabrício Fernandes Bemvides, Monica Negri Colombari, Iracema |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | This paper aims to verify the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the seniors’ population, over 60 years, in a PSF restricted area, district of Maringa - PR. An oblique study was accomplished using Beck’s Inventory for Depression. From a population of 451 individuals, a sample of 123 people were analyzed (27,3% of the total). Results were the following: 1) average age ≅ 69 ± 8 years; 2) dysphoria: 15.1% for men and 17.2% for women (p=0,7590); depression: 34% for men and 37.7% for women (p=0,6942); 3) the depression prevalence was 4.8 times higher than the Brazilian population and 2.1 times of the American seniors. It was concluded that the depressive symptoms were very high in the seniors’ sample studies of a PSF area |
| Starting Page | 703 |
| Ending Page | 705 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v24i0.2489 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciHealthSci/article/download/2489/1666 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v24i0.2489 |
| Volume Number | 24 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
