Depressive symptoms and sleep in aged caregivers in a context of high social vulnerability
Rev Gaucha Enferm. 2023 Jun 19:44:e20210260.
doi: 10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20210260.en.
eCollection 2023.
[Article in
English,
Portuguese]
Affiliations
- 1 Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Gerontologia. São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil.
- 2 Universidade Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil.
- 3 Universidade Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
- 4 Universidade Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Faculdade de Enfermagem. Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.
- 5 Universidade Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL-MG), Faculdade de Nutrição, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Longevidade. Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Abstract
Objective:
To evaluate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sleep quality in aged caregivers of elderly people, in a context of high social vulnerability.
Methods:
A Cross-sectional study conducted between July 2019 and March 2020 with 65 aged caregivers of elderly people that were treated in five Family Heath Units from São Carlos, São Paulo. Instruments to characterize the caregivers and to evaluate the depressive symptoms and sleep quality were used in data collection. The Kruskal Wallis and Spearman Correlation tests were adopted.
Results:
73.9% of the caregivers presented poor sleep quality and 69.2% did not have depressive symptoms. In the caregivers with severe depressive symptoms, the mean sleep quality score was 11.4; in those with mild depressive symptoms, it was 9.0; and in those without depressive symptoms, it was 6.4. There was a direct and moderate correlation between sleep quality and depressive symptoms.
Conclusion:
There is a relationship between depressive symptoms and sleep quality in aged caregivers.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Brazil / epidemiology
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Caregivers*
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Depression* / epidemiology
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Depression* / etiology
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Humans
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Sleep
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Social Vulnerability