Comparison of Health Status and Nutrient Intake between Depressed Women and Non-depressed Women: Based on the 2013 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

This study aimed to provide supporting data for the management of dietary habits in depression by comparing health and nutrition in adult Korean women according to depression status. A total of 2,236 women aged between 19 and 64 years who participated in the 2013 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were divided into a depression group (n = 315) and a non-depression group (n = 1,921). Among 19-29-year-old women, the depression group showed higher proportions of individuals with impairment of everyday activities, menopause, and suicidal thoughts than the non-depression group. The depression group showed lower intake of cereal, chocolate, meat, and carbonated drinks, as well as a lower index of nutritional quality (INQ) for protein, iron, and niacin. Among 30-49-year-old women, the depression group showed higher proportions of individuals with impairment of everyday activities, chronic disease, stress, and suicidal thoughts. The depression group showed lower intake of rice with mixed grains and higher intake of instant and cup noodles than the non-depression group. Among 50-64-year-old women, the depression group showed higher proportions of individuals with impairment of everyday activities, menopause, stress, and suicidal thoughts. The depression group showed lower intake of vegetables, mushrooms, and seaweed, lower nutritional intake of fat, saturated fat, and n-3 fatty acids, as well as a lower INQ for niacin and a lower Recommended Food Score. For all age groups, individuals with depression showed poorer health and nutritional intake than healthy individuals, demonstrating a correlation of depression with health and nutritional intake.

O grupo operativo como estratégia para a assistência de enfermagem: mulheres em depressão / Operational group as a strategy for nursing assistance: women under depression

A partir de nossa observação durante as experiências de ensino, e no entendimento de que mulheres deprimidas expressam conflitos decorrentes de vivência depressiva e de seu cotidiano e por isso necessitam de atenção optamos por eleger estas mulheres como objeto neste estudo. Este teve como finalidade oferecer um espaço para a expressão vivencial de mulheres em depressão. Espaço operacionalizado por meio da técnica de grupo operativo, no qual os elementos do estudo, centrados na tarefa, trocaram experiências e avaliaram sua participação nos grupos. Para compreender o vivencial dessas mulheres optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa, utilizando-se como método a pesquisa ação, em que o pesquisador e o sujeito interagem durante a pesquisa. Os sentimentos foram reportados por seis mulheres depressivas que participaram em oito reuniões do grupo operativo. Os grupos tiveram temas disparadores elaborados com base nos relatos dos sujeitos em reunião de discussão grupal: 1-"concepção do processo saúde - doença mental", 2- "rede familiar e social", 3-"Repercusões físicas e psíquicas da doença", 4- "atividades de vida diária", 5- "Agravantes da doença", 6- "Resistência ao tratamento", 7- "Percepção de melhora", 8-"Necessidade de escuta". Para a análise da discussão grupal empregou-se a análise temática das falas dos sujeitos. Os grupos operativos foram analisados nas formas de crônicas que se constituíram na síntese das reuniões grupais. Ao final, as mulheres analisaram a qualidade da ação interventiva, o grupo operativo nas suas vidas e mostraram que elas encontraram um lugar onde poderiam verbalizar sentimentos sem serem repreendidas, fortaleceram-se com o mesmo indicando sua utilização para outras mulheres com problemas semelhantes

The objective of our study were women under depression reporting conflicts due to their depressive living na daily life and consequently, needing more attention. This study had the objective to offer a space for depressive women to express their living. Space was performed by means of an operational group technique in which the elements of this study, centered in the task, changed experiences and evaluated their participation in the groups. To comprehend these women's living, a qualitative research using as a method the action research was applied, in which the researcher and the subject interact during the investigation. Feelings were reported by six depressive women who took part in eight meetings of the operational group. The groups approached themes elaborated based on the individual's report in a group meeting: 1- "conception of the health process - mental disease"; 2- "family and social relationships"; 3- " Physical and physic repercussions of thedisease"; 4- " daily life activities"; 5- " Disease aggravation"; 6- "Resistance to Treatement"; 7- "improvement Perception"; 8- "need to be listened". For analysis of the group discussion, thematic analysis of the individual's speech was used. The operational groups were chronically analyzed and were the synthesis of the group meetings. Finally, women were able to analyze the quality of the intervening action, the operational group in their lives and showed satisfaction regarding theplace in which they can verbalize feelings without being reprehended, encouraging themselves and indicating its use to other women with similar problems