ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the emotional distress associated with ageing, and its prevalence among elderly people who suffer from heart disease. DESIGN: Personal interviews with elderly people with and without heart problems. SETTING: Interviews were conducted in public hospitals and old people's homes in the south of Galicia, Spain. PARTICIPANTS: The sample was made up of 130 elderly people (65 with heart problems and 65 without). MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The Inventory of Coping Strategies, of Halroyd and Reynolk (1984); Scheir, Caver, and Bridges Test (1984); the Life Satisfaction Scale of Diener, Emmuns, Larsen, and Griffen (1985); Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (1965); and an instrument to measure Associated Symptoms (SCL-90; Derogatis, 1975). RESULTS: Elderly people with heart problems experienced greater anxiety and had lower self-esteem than those without such problems. Heart patients also tended to suffer more phobic anxiety and to retreat from social interaction more. With the passing of time, heart patients over 60 showed more anxiety, irritability and psychosomatic disorders. CONCLUSIONS: This study clearly shows the existence of emotional distress in elderly heart patients. This makes it particularly important to conduct risk-prevention programmes, since a lot of heart disease is brought on by unhealthy conduct.
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Depression , Heart Diseases/psychology , Stress, Psychological , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Anxiety/diagnosis , Anxiety/etiology , Chi-Square Distribution , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/etiology , Female , Humans , Interview, Psychological , Male , Middle Aged , Phobic Disorders/diagnosis , Phobic Disorders/etiology , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
Objetivo. El objetivo de este estudio es analizar las alteraciones emocionales vinculadas con la edad y con las consecuencias de las enfermedades cardíacas en personas mayores. Diseño. Entrevistas individualizadas a personas mayores con problemas cardíacos y a otras de la misma edad sin dicha enfermedad. Emplazamiento. Hospitales públicos del sur de Galicia y en centros sociales de la tercera edad. Participantes. Un total de 130 personas mayores forman la muestra de este estudio (65 con problemas cardíacos y 65 sin dicha enfermedad). Instrumentos de medida. Inventario de Estrategias de Afrontamiento de Halroyd y Reynolk (1984); test de Orientación Vital de Scheir, Caver y Bridges (1994); Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida de Diener, Emmuns, Larsen y Griffin (1985); Escala de Autoestima de Rosemberg (1965) y un Instrumento de la Sintomatología Asociada (SCL-90; Derogatis, 1975). Mediciones y resultados principales. Las personas con dolencias cardíacas son más ansiosas y presentan un nivel de autoestima inferior que las que no han tenido dicha enfermedad. Asimismo, se comprueba una tendencia clara hacia una mayor ansiedad fóbica y retirada social de los cardíacos, y también que las personas cardíacas mayores de 60 años presentan un incremento de la ansiedad, los tratornos psicosomáticos y la irritabilidad con el paso del tiempo. Conclusiones. Queda ampliamente constatada, en nuestro estudio, la presencia de alteraciones emocionales vinculadas con las personas mayores con problemas cardíacos, por lo que se hace especialmente necesario llevar a cabo programas de prevención de riesgo de dichas enfermedades, ya que la mayoría son provocadas por conductas inadecuadas de los sujetos
Objectives. To analyse the emotional distress associated with ageing, and its prevalence among elderly people who suffer from heart disease. Design. Personal interviews with elderly people with and without heart problems. Setting. Interviews were conducted in public hospitals and old people's homes in the south of Galicia, Spain. Participants. The sample was made up of 130 elderly people (65 with heart problems and 65 without). Main measurements. The Inventory of Coping Strategies, of Halroyd and Reynolk (1984); Scheir, Caver, and Bridges Test (1984); the Life Satisfaction Scale of Diener, Emmuns, Larsen, and Griffen (1985); Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (1965); and an instrument to measure Associated Symptoms (SCL-90; Derogatis, 1975). Results. Elderly people with heart problems experienced greater anxiety and had lower self-esteem than those without such problems. Heart patients also tended to suffer more phobic anxiety and to retreat from social interaction more. With the passing of time, heart patients over 60 showed more anxiety, irritability and psychosomatic disorders. Conclusions. This study clearly shows the existence of emotional distress in elderly heart patients. This makes it particularly important to conduct risk-prevention programmes, since a lot of heart disease is brought on by unhealthy conduct
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Male , Female , Aged , Middle Aged , Humans , Phobic Disorders/epidemiology , Cardiovascular Diseases/complications , Affective Symptoms/epidemiology , Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology , Self ConceptABSTRACT
Este artículo explora, utilizando una muestra de adultos urbanos de ambos sexos (n = 821; 393 varones y 428 mujeres), la relación de la adicción a la compra con la frecuencia percibida de realización de cinco comportamientos: comer en exceso, fumar en exceso, jugar en exceso, ingerir bebidas alcohólicas de modo problemático y consumir otras sustancias psicoactivas (p. ej., marihuana, éxtasis, etc.J. Los hallazgos sugieren que la adicción a la compra covaría con las mencionadas conductas excesivas conformando, en conjunto, un factor general de "adictividad;' en cuya estructura jerárquica ocupa un lugar "intermedio" con respecto a lós restantes excesos. Estos resultados se discuten en relación a la comunalidad entre adicciones químicas y conductuales, presentándose sugerencias referidas a la investigación e intervención sobre comportamientos adictivos
Using a sample of urban adults of both sexes (n = 821; 393 men and 428 women), this artide explores the association of shopping addiction with the perceived frequency of five behaviours: eating in excess, smoking in excess, gambling in excess, problematic alcohol use and taking other psychoactive substances U.e., marijuana, ecstasy, etc.). The findings suggest that buying addiction covari~s with the abovementioned excessive behaviours shaping, as a whole, a general factor of "addictiveness", in whose hierarchical structure it occupies an "intermediate" place in comparison with the other excesses. These results are discussed in relation to the commonality betweell chemical alld behavioural addictions, presenting suggestions related to research and intervention in addictive behaviours
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Adult , Humans , Alcohol Drinking/psychology , Alcohol Drinking/therapy , Behavior, Addictive/pathology , Behavior, Addictive/psychology , Gambling/psychology , Hyperphagia/pathology , Hyperphagia/psychology , Alcohol Drinking/pathology , Control Groups , Hyperphagia/prevention & control , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/rehabilitationABSTRACT
El objeto de este trabajo es identificar qué creencias sobre el preservativo masculino influyen en su uso. Participan en esta investigación 315 adolescentes activos sexualmente (55.6 por ciento de los hombres y 44,6 porciento de mujeres) con una media de edad de 18 a 27 años
