Care complexity in hospitalized elderly according to cognitive performance

AUTOR(ES)

Silva, Henrique Salmazo da

FONTE

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

05/12/2019

RESUMO

RESUMO Objetivo: investigar possíveis diferenças na complexidade assistencial, desempenho funcional e aspectos biopsicossociais e de sistema de saúde entre idosos hospitalizados com ou sem declínio cognitivo. Método: estudo quantitativo, transversal e analítico que utilizou o método INTERMED e escalas de rastreio cognitivo e funcional. Foram investigados 384 idosos internados em clínica médica e cirúrgica de um Hospital Universitário em São Paulo/SP. Resultados: Houve declínio cognitivo em 40,1% da amostra, cuja maior parte era de idosos mais longevos e do sexo feminino, com menor escolaridade e renda, mais dependentes para as atividades de vida diária e com maior vulnerabilidade em diferentes domínios do INTERMED. Após ajustes, os idosos com declínio cognitivo apresentaram maior vulnerabilidade no domínio psicológico. Conclusão: A relação entre declínio cognitivo e vulnerabilidade psicológica destaca a necessidade de adotar cuidados de longa duração pautados no envolvimento da família, da equipe de saúde e dos diferentes serviços para qualidade da assistência.ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate possible differences in care complexity, functional performance and biopsychosocial and health system aspects among hospitalized elderly with or without cognitive decline. Method: quantitative, cross-sectional and analytical study in which was used the INTERMED method and cognitive and functional screening scales. We investigated 384 elderly patients admitted to a medical and surgical clinic of a University Hospital located in São Paulo/SP. Results: cognitive decline was present in 40.1% of the sample, most of them were longer-lived elderly individuals with less schooling and income, more dependent in activities of daily living and had greater vulnerability in different domains of INTERMED. After adjustments, the elderly with cognitive decline presented greater vulnerability in the psychological domain. Conclusion: the relationship between cognitive decline and psychological vulnerability highlights the need to adopt long-term care based on involvement of the family, health team and different services, thereby maximizing the quality of care.

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