SELF-ESTEEM OF COMMUNITY-BASED ELDERLY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Authors

  • Michelle Couto Salerno Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Alisson Fernandes Bolina Universidade de São Paulo
  • Flavia Aparecida Dias Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i4.41895

Keywords:

Self-esteem, Aged, Elderly health care, Geriatric nursing.

Abstract

The aim was to assess the self-esteem of community-based elderly and verify its association with socio-demographic and health variables. The epidemiological survey was held in the urban region of Uberaba, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, with 980 elderly people. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem, Katz, Lawton and Short Geriatric Depression Scales were used and, for descriptive analysis, the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, Spearman’s correlation and multiple linear regression were used (p<0.05). The data were collected between August 2012 and March 2013. The female gender was predominant, 70-80 years, married, income one minimum wage, between four and seven years of education, who lived with their children. The median number of illnesses was five. The median self-esteem score was ten. The predictors of worse levels of self-esteem were higher age (p<0.01), lower education (p=0.021) and signs of depression (p<0.001). The community-based elderly presented high self-esteem and signs of depression were the main predictor of low self-esteem.

Author Biographies

Michelle Couto Salerno, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Enfermeira graduada pelo Curso de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro.

Alisson Fernandes Bolina, Universidade de São Paulo

Enfermeiro, Mestre em Atenção à Saúde. Doutorando em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto-SP-Brasil

Flavia Aparecida Dias, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Enfermeira, Mestre em Atenção à Saúde. Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação stricto sensu em Atenção à Saúde, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba-MG-Brasil

Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Enfermeira, Mestre em Atenção à Saúde. Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação stricto sensu em Atenção à Saúde, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba-MG-Brasil

Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Professora Associada do Departamento de Enfermagem em Educação e Saúde Comunitária. Curso de Enfermagem. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro.

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Published

2015-12-04

How to Cite

Salerno, M. C., Bolina, A. F., Dias, F. A., Martins, N. P. F., & Tavares, D. M. dos S. (2015). SELF-ESTEEM OF COMMUNITY-BASED ELDERLY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i4.41895

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 4 (2015)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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