Abstract
Abstract Objective: to identify and synthesize studies that approach the coping strategies used by the elderly to deal with aging and death. Method: an integrative review was performed in seven databases with the following descriptors: psychological adaptation, the elderly, death and aging. Results: 73 articles were identified. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, six articles that identified multiple losses experienced by the elderly and included coping strategies were selected and analyzed. The main losses were: loss of health; physical capacity and functionality; loss in quality of emotional relationships; death of loved ones; reduced social integration; fewer material goods; financial loss; lower cognitive resources; lower perceived mastery; loss of feeling useful; reduction in subjective well-being and quality of life. We also identified the following coping strategies used to deal with losses related to aging and finitude: anticipated grieving; wish to die; isolation; submission; negotiation; acceptance; accommodation; support seeking; living in the moment; seeking spiritual comfort. Conclusion: the elderly experience aging and finitude with coping strategies that can generate both unfavorable and favorable health outcomes. In this context, some coped through anticipated mourning and the desire to die, while others looked for spiritual comfort, social support and acceptance.
Highlights
Objective: to identify and synthesize studies that approach the coping strategies used by the elderly to deal with aging and death
More stress in areas related to work, their finances, home maintenance, their personal life, family, and Despite the different cultural understandings friends; the elderly tend to experience stress related of each culture, aging is a phase of life to the limitations of aging[1]
Stressful situations can be classified into two categories: traumatic events, or in other words external situations or people who present themselves as a threat to the wellbeing of an individual; and uncontrollable events, which are situations that challenge the limits of our capacities and our concepts of ourselves, such articles should be included, 2) a search of scientific literature which should be broad enough to answering the guiding question, 3) the collecting of the data of the selected articles using a previously elaborated instrument to extract the necessary information, 4) critical analysis of the included articles, considering the methodological rigor and the characteristics as death and aging[4]
Summary
Encompasses the individual's interaction with their environment, using mechanisms to manage. An integrative review was carried out in a systematic and orderly manner, based on six steps: 1) the creation of a guiding question that defines which In this context, stressful situations can be classified into two categories: traumatic events, or in other words external situations or people who present themselves as a threat to the wellbeing of an individual; and uncontrollable events, which are situations that challenge the limits of our capacities and our concepts of ourselves, such articles should be included, 2) a search of scientific literature which should be broad enough to answering the guiding question, 3) the collecting of the data of the selected articles using a previously elaborated instrument to extract the necessary information, 4) critical analysis of the included articles, considering the methodological rigor and the characteristics as death and aging[4].
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