Qualidade de vida e suporte social em idosos : comparação entre participantes e não participantes de grupos de convivência

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Ana Raquel Silva
• Orientador(a): Faro, André
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Idosos; Grupos de Convivência; Qualidade de vida; Suporte social; Socialização
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Elderly; Support groups; Quality of life; Social support
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA SOCIAL
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6014

The increase in life expectancy transformed aging in a social issue and public health, requiring multiple actions in senior care, of which we quote the community groups. These spaces are generational and intergenerational socialization that strengthen social participation and comprehensive health care, providing citizenship, improved quality of life and social support. Thus, the present study aims to analyze the quality of life and social support among elderly participants and non-participants of companionship groups. The sample consisted of 297 participants in a quantitative and comparative study of these elderly, based on the application range of quality of life World Health Organization Quality of Life for the elderly and reduced Social Support Scale (Social Suport Questionnaire). Data were stored and analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences software / 19. The results demonstrate that, with respect to quality of life, participants living group scored higher in the dimensions: autonomy, present, past and future activities; social participation and in the total score, showing that they have higher quality scores of life when compared to elderly who do not participate in the third age group. On the other hand, the social support analysis did not differ in groups and not was related to quality of life too. We can attribute this equivalence because of sampling bias because the elderly living group established in intimate relationships in their group, as they are mostly unmarried and widowed; while in the neighboring group, relationships are established either by the spouse or the family support. Thus, the study of quality of life and social support in the elderly encourages new perspectives for social psychology applied to health, keeping a broader view in the study of aging positive variables, expanding social concern in the allocation of professional practice postures aimed to support groups.