Abstract
to describe the sociodemographic and health characteristics of elderly people, measure the score of total resilience and by sex and verify the association of sociodemographic and health variables with total resilience and by sex. this is a household survey with 808 elderly people, assessed by validated instruments. Student's t test and multiple linear regression (p<0.05). most were female, 60|-|79 years old. The total resilience score was 78.06, for men 81.53 and for women, 76.32. Total resilience was associated with males; positive self-perceived health; greater participation in Advanced Activities of Daily Living; fewer morbidities; absence of depressive symptoms. Among men and women, resilience was associated with greater participation in Advanced Activities of Daily Living and absence of depressive symptoms and, specifically, among women, positive self-perceived health. these results contribute to nursing care, aiming to encourage resilience.
Highlights
Aging is often permeated by adversities and biological, economic and social risks that can affect well-being due to the multiple losses that occur simultaneously or successively(1)
The variables associated with the highest resilience scores were sex male, positive self-perceived health, greater participation in Advanced Activities of Daily Living (AADL), absence of indicative of the presence of depressive symptoms and having 0 to 4 self-reported morbidities (Table 3)(6)
The variables associated with the highest resilience scores among elderly women were positive self-perceived health, greater participation in AADL and absence of indicative of the presence of depressive symptoms (Table 4)(6)
Summary
Aging is often permeated by adversities and biological, economic and social risks that can affect well-being due to the multiple losses that occur simultaneously or successively(1). Understood as a dynamic process, resilience has revealed itself as a capacity for overcoming adversity(3). It involves overcoming negative events, being defined as the person’s ability to leave strengthened from a situation that could have been traumatic. National studies with elderly people(2,4) have used a validated scale with a younger population, with people between 12 and 19 years old. The present research used a validated scale with adults and elderly people(5), which, added to the scarcity of scientific publications on the subject in Brazil, can contribute more reliably to a better understanding of resilience before the challenges faced in old age(6)
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