Intervención de enfermería en la atención del adulto mayor en relación con la depresión, en los ancianos que habitan en el Hogar Cristo Rey, Cuenca 2015

Abstract

Antecedent: Depression is a change in the mood, which generates inferiority feeling, guilt ideas, lock of concentration, overtiredness, and uselessness. (1) Objective: To demonstrate the intervention of nursing in the attention to the senior citizens in relation to depression, senior citizens living at the “Cristo Rey” home, Cuenca, 2015.

Methodology

Methods and Materials: A quantitative study of descriptive and transversal type was done. The universe is formed by 120 senior citizens, this job was done with 52 people. The information was obtained through instruments such as the Yesavage test and an interview form prepared by the authors. It was typed in the Microsoft Word 2003 program. The tabulation was executed with the SPSS program version 21.

Results: According to the observation guide, the nursing staff prioritizes the direct nursing cares leaving aside the senior citizen´s change in the mood. It was determined that the 17% of senior citizens show depression, from which 22% corresponds to men and the 78% to women; 29% shows probable depression and from that percentage, 40% corresponds to women and 60% to men, which means that there is a higher percentage of men with probable depression.

Conclusions: In relation to the Nursing Intervention, the staff is more focused in the rehabilitation, leaving on a second place the promotion and prevention in the emotional scope of the senior citizens. Key words: AGING, SENIOR CITIZENS, DEPRESSION, NURSING INTERVENTION, GERIATRICS, YESAVAGE TEST, HOME CRISTO REY, CUENCA-ECUADOR