Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem (Jun 2023)

Depressive symptoms and sleep in aged caregivers in a context of high social vulnerability

  • Marcela Naiara Graciani Fumagale Macedo,
  • Ana Carolina Ottaviani,
  • Bruna Moretti Luchesi,
  • Daniella Pires Nunes,
  • Élen dos Santos Alves,
  • Keika Inouye,
  • Tábatta Renata Pereira de Brito,
  • Ariene Angelini dos Santos Orlandi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2023.20210260.en
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44

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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.

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