Abstract
Diabetes has a high morbidity and mortality, with significant loss in the elderly people’s life quality. Variations between the sexes with regard to social indicators and self-reported health status of elderly people with diabetics are investigated. Current exploratory study has been undertaken at the outpatient endocrinology clinic of the University Hospital of UFPB, through interviews with 53 elderly people, of whom 38% were males and 62% were females, between October and December 2009, and data were analyzed by SPSS. Most of the elderly people (58.49%) interviewed were within the 60 - 64 age bracket. Although 71.70% reported being married, a high widowhood rate (21.21%) among the females was reported. Pension was the main source of income for 80% of males and for 54.55% of females. Whereas 42.42% of the females worked only at home, 65% of the males were unemployed. Further, 81.13% of the elderly had two or more diseases, 5% of males admitted lack of help in health care, and more men (10%) than women used assistance technologies. Since current study contributed towards a broadening of social and health indication data on men and women with diabetes, it may be beneficent towards better care in nursing.
Highlights
Diabetes has a high morbidity and mortality, with significant loss in the elderly people’s life quality
Quanto ao impacto do envelhecimento populacional sobre o setor saúde, este se configura em virtude de, paralelo às modificações observadas na demografia, emergirem, também, mudanças no perfil epidemiológico da população
92,45% relataram não fazer uso, no entanto entre os que faziam, observou-se um predomínio dos homens (10%) quando comparado com as mulheres (6,6%)
Summary
Este estudo exploratório constitui um subprojeto da pesquisa ‘Avaliação Multidimensional de Idosos Diabéticos’, realizada no Ambulatório de Endocrinologia do Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley da Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus I- João Pessoa, Estado da Paraíba. A coleta de dados foi realizada mediante entrevista subsidiada por um instrumento estruturado, contemplando variáveis aglutinadas em duas categorias: indicadores sociais, e condição de saúde autorreferida. Aos participantes do estudo garantimos consentimento livre e esclarecido, elaborado em linguagem acessível, incluindo objetivos, justificativas, procedimentos utilizados e informações sobre riscos da pesquisa; esclarecimentos adicionais, quando necessário, antes, durante e após o curso da investigação; anonimato; sigilo das informações e respeito à sua privacidade; liberdade de retirar seu consentimento em qualquer fase da pesquisa sem prejuízos ao seu cuidado; assim como garantia do retorno dos benefícios da pesquisa. São dispostos, consecutivamente, os dados relativos aos indicadores sociais e ao estado de saúde autorreferido. João Pessoa, Estado da Paraíba, outubro a dezembro de 2009
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