Estresse e cognição: um estudo correlacional com idosos

Abstract

Population aging is today a global reality and according to data of IBGE (2010) the pace of growth of the elderly population in Brazil has been systematic and consistent. The aging process differs according to culture, with the social group and sex. What if there is currently a trend perceived the prolongation of old age, because with technological advances and studies about health, wellness and lifestyles, the elderly increasingly reach a ripe old age and seek also delay aging. OBJECTIVE: to verify the presence of stress in the elderly and how this correlates with cognition. METHOD: this study is a Survey Research and Correlational non-experimental descriptive, exploratory character. Participated in the research 42 (forty two) elders of the city of João Pessoa-PB. For this research were used the Auditory-Verbal Test of Rey and the Perceived stress Scale RESULTS: to check the result of this research, we used Spearman test which aims to analyze the correlation between two variables that are in this study: stress and cognition. In the correlation of stress and cognition, results showed a significant relationship between the variables (r = 0.048) .Final Considerations: it is important to note that the cognitive decline and stress showed a correlation representative, thus to promote the quality of life of these elderly individuals significant intervention is necessary in order to be learning something inherent in the human being.