Universidade Federal de Catalão. Catalão, Goiás, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
Rev Bras Enferm. 2022 Sep 5;75Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e20210875. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0875. eCollection 2022.
To estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders and their associated factors in the elderly in a municipality in the countryside of the Brazilian Midwest.
Quantitative, observational, cross-sectional approach research, conducted with 218 elderly people.
The prevalence of the common mental disorder among the elderly was 25.1%; in the univariate analysis, it was higher in females (35.4%), in the age group of 80 years or older (46.1%), brown skin color (30.2%), widowed (42.6%), illiterate (47.6%), and retired (27.6%). In the multiple analysis, the variables female gender (p<0.006), age 80 years or older (p<0.036), dissatisfaction with life (p<0.009), lack of social interaction (p=0.017), and dysfunctional family (p=0.021) remained associated with CMD.
The results revealed are helpful and contribute to the reinforcement of the need for mental health care in this population extract so growing worldwide.
评估巴西中西部农村地区一个市的老年人常见精神障碍及其相关因素的患病率。
这是一项采用定量、观察、横断面研究方法进行的研究，共纳入 218 名老年人。
老年人常见精神障碍的患病率为 25.1%；在单因素分析中，女性（35.4%）、80 岁及以上年龄组（46.1%）、棕色皮肤（30.2%）、丧偶（42.6%）、文盲（47.6%）和退休（27.6%）人群的患病率较高。在多因素分析中，女性（p<0.006）、80 岁及以上（p<0.036）、对生活不满（p<0.009）、缺乏社会互动（p=0.017）和功能失调家庭（p=0.021）等变量与 CMD 仍然相关。
这些发现有助于加强对这一在全球范围内不断增长的老年人群体的心理健康护理的需求。
