Aislamiento social y soledad: ¿qué podemos hacer los equipos de atención primaria? / Social isolation and loneliness: what can we do as primary care teams?

La soledad y el aislamiento social son condicionantes de salud emergentes en la población anciana, especialmente en las personas viudas, hiperfrecuentadoras y con problemas crónicos y depresión. La soledad es la sensación subjetiva de tener menor afecto y cercanía de lo deseado en el ámbito íntimo o relacional. El aislamiento social es la situación objetiva de contar con mínimos contactos con otras personas. Su contribución al incremento de la morbimortalidad es comparable al de otros factores de riesgo bien conocidos sobre los que actuamos a diario desde los equipos de atención primaria. Se discuten estrategias para identificar estos problemas en nuestros pacientes y para realizar intervenciones basadas en la evidencia científica tanto a nivel individual como comunitario en cooperación con otros recursos de la comunidad. El equipo de atención primaria ha de promover la autonomía de estos pacientes, facilitar su sociabilidad y actuar sobre sus pensamientos sociales maladaptativos que dificultan su integración social

Loneliness and social isolation are emerging health conditions in the elderly population, in particular widows, high frequency users of health services and those with chronic problems and depression. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of having less affection and closeness than that desired in the intimate or relational field. Social isolation is an objective situation of having minimal contact with other people. Its contribution to increased morbidity and mortality is comparable to other well known risk factors that we deal with daily as Primary Care teams. Strategies to identify these problems in our patients and to perform scientific evidence based studies at individual and community level in cooperation with other community resources and interventions are discussed. The Primary Care team must promote the autonomy of these patients, facilitating their sociability, and act on their social maladaptive thoughts that hinder their social integration

[Social isolation and loneliness: What can we do as Primary Care teams?] / Aislamiento social y soledad: ¿qué podemos hacer los equipos de atención primaria?

Loneliness and social isolation are emerging health conditions in the elderly population, in particular widows, high frequency users of health services and those with chronic problems and depression. Loneliness is the subjective feeling of having less affection and closeness than that desired in the intimate or relational field. Social isolation is an objective situation of having minimal contact with other people. Its contribution to increased morbidity and mortality is comparable to other well known risk factors that we deal with daily as Primary Care teams. Strategies to identify these problems in our patients and to perform scientific evidence based studies at individual and community level in cooperation with other community resources and interventions are discussed. The Primary Care team must promote the autonomy of these patients, facilitating their sociability, and act on their social maladaptive thoughts that hinder their social integration.

Desatender la continuidad lleva a pan para hoy y hambre para mañana / Neglecting continuity means "laught now and cry later"

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