Stress and coping in elderlies with Alzheimer´s disease. / "Estresse e coping em idosos com Doença de Alzheimer"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

The potencial risk assessment of a stress event and the elaboration of coping strategies depend on cognitive function. Considering the cognitive impairment in elderlies with Alzheimer´s Disease (AD), this study aimed to verify the stress intensity and coping style used by them. For this, it was applied assessment test of stress indicators (Symptom Stress List, Cornell Scale for Depression, IDATE-trait), besides an instrument that access the coping style (Jalowiec Coping Inventory), in two groups, one with 30 healthy cognitive elderliescontrol group, and another with 30 persons mild AD. The results demonstrated that both of them had the same stress intensity, even though the qualities characteristics, regarding the syndrome symptoms, reflected an apprehension disposition to the stress event on control group and the escape and resignation on AD group. As for the coping style, even though it had not been statistically significant (p=0.124), it was observed in this study, an emotion-focuses coping predominance in AD group and problem-focused coping in control group. Besides, it was observed in AD group that the individuals with better cognitive development selected coping strategies focused on problem (p=0.0074). Thus, even though there is a tendency in elderlies with AD to select escape strategies and emotional control, rather than of the attempt to solve or to decrease the consequences arise from the problem, the coping will depends on the cognitive performance of the person.

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coping cognição coping demencia estresse idosos cognition demências stress elders

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