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En la búsqueda de problematizar algunos de los ejes del Programa Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio del año 2013, aun en vigencia, se abordan temas como: a) el criterio de edad como principio de selección y focalización de las actividades preventivas, y b) la ausencia en sus lógicas de intervención y ámbitos de acción que consideren elementos reactivos frente a factores contingentes, se busca instalar la necesidad de incorporar a la población envejecida dentro del segmento de población prioritaria en pos de la prevención del suicidio. Mediante un análisis de contenido del Programa Nacional de Prevención del Suicidio, este texto tiene como objetivos analizar la problemática del suicidio en personas mayores, mediante una revisión de políticas públicas.
In the search to problematize some of the axes of the National Suicide Prevention Program of 2013, still in force, issues such as: a) the age criterion as a principle of selection and targeting of preventive activities, and b) the absence in its logic of intervention and areas of action that consider reactive elements in the face of contingent factors, it seeks to install the need to incorporate the elderly population into the priority population segment in pursuit of suicide prevention. Applying a narrative review of the National Suicide Prevention Programme, this text aims to analyze the problem of suicide in the elderly through an examination of public policies.
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Background: Depression and dependence have a great impact on the quality of life of older people. Aim: To validate the SF-12 (short-form) health related quality of care questionnaire (HRQOL) as an alternative of the SF-36 to estimate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its association with depression and dependence in Chilean older people living in the community. Material and Methods: The questionnaire was answered by 4,124 Chilean older people (61% women). HRQoL was evaluated with the SF-36 questionnaire. The SF-12 questionnaire includes 12 items from the SF-36. Results: The internal consistency of the SF-12 questionnaire was high (0.88). The effect size of the differences in the averages of the SF-12 and SF-36 scales was small (0.06-0.41). Good agreement was found between the physical and mental components of the SF-12 and SF-36 (0.94 and 0.89). Logistic regressions determined that people with dependence and depression have a higher risk of poor HRQoL. The figures for the physical component were, mild depression: odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence intervals (CI) = 3.28 (2.74-3.93), severe depression: OR (IC95%CI) = 4.66 (3.55-6.11), mild to moderate dependence: OR (95CI%) = 3.67 (2.97-4.54), severe dependence: OR (95%CI) = 13.06 (7.23-23.61). For the mental component, the figures were: mild depression: OR (95CI%) = 6.11(5.05-7.38), severe depression: OR (95CI%) = 22.01(14.47-33.49), mild to moderate dependence: OR (95CI%) = 1.59 (1.28-1.97), severe dependence: OR (95CI%) = 1.60 (1.04-2.47), adjusting for sociodemographic and health-related variables. Conclusions: The validity of the SF-12 for measuring HRQoL was demonstrated. People with depression and dependence have a worse physical and mental quality of life.
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Humans , Male , Female , Aged , Quality of Life , Depressive Disorder , Surveys and Questionnaires , Health Surveys , Depression/diagnosisABSTRACT
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal con el objetivo de determinar el comportamiento de los accidentes en el hogar, en los 103 adultos mayores del consultorio 8 del Policlínico Previsora, del municipio Camagüey durante el año 2005. Los datos se obtuvieron de las Historias Clínicas Familiares e Individuales y la entrevista personal y se recogieron en una encuesta que contenía las variables grupos de edades, sexo, validismo, tipos de accidentes y causas de accidentes y fueron procesados automatizadamente. Entre los ancianos estudiados prevalecieron las mujeres (55.34 %) y los adultos mayores válidos (87.38 %), se accidentaron 62 (60.2 %), predominaron los accidentes en las mujeres (70.2 %) en comparación con los hombres (47.8 %), las caídas (57.9 %) entre los tipos de accidentes y las causas extrínsecas (53.2 %). Se concluye que predominó el validismo, ocurriendo accidentes frecuentemente, sobre todo en las ancianas, tipo caídas y donde prevalecieron las causas extrínsecas, especialmente los pisos resbaladizos y entre las intrínsecas, las alteraciones del sistema osteomioarticular.
A cross-sectional descriptive study with the objective to determine the behavior of accidents at home, in the 103 elderly of the doctor's office 8 at “Previsora”policlynic of Camagüey municipality during the 2005. Data were obtained of the family and individual clinical records and the personal interview and it were collected in a survey that contained the variables: age groups, sex, validism, types of accidents and causes of accidents. Among the studied elders, women prevailed (55.34%) and the valid elders (87.38%), 62 had an accident (60.2%), women accidents prevailed (70.2%) in comparison with men (47.8%), fallings (57.9%) among the types of accidents and the extrinsic causes (53.2%). It is concluded that validism dominated, frequent accidents occurred, above all in the elders women fundamentally, fallings and the extrinsic causes prevailed, especially the slippery floors and among the intrinsic, the alterations of the osteomyoarticular system.