Idosos com câncer no período pré-operatório: dados de qualidade de vida, ansiedade e depressão

Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos; Luceme Martins Silva; Zélia de Oliveira Saldanha

doi:10.5123/S2176-6223202000490

Authors

Anderson Lineu Siqueira dos Santos Universidade do Estado do Pará, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Biologia Parasitária da Amazônia, Belém, Pará, Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-9310
Luceme Martins Silva Faculdade Cosmopolita, Curso de Enfermagem, Belém, Pará, Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6516-4282
Zélia de Oliveira Saldanha Faculdade Cosmopolita, Curso de Enfermagem, Belém, Pará, Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3526-5952

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5123/S2176-6223202000490

Keywords:

Elderly, Cancer, Quality of Life, Depression, Anxiety

Abstract

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate quality of life (QOL), anxiety, and depression in elderly people with cancer in the preoperative period at a referral hospital in oncology in Belém, Pará State, Brazil.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

This is a cross-sectional study with 82 elderly patients with cancer who were hospitalized in the preoperative period at the Hospital Ophir Loyola, from April to September 2019. The instruments used in the data collection were: SF-36 Health Survey questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory.

RESULTS:

In the assessment of QOL, considering the scores corresponding to the eight domains of the SF-36 questionnaire, the social aspects obtained the highest average. All participants had moderate (79.3%) or severe anxiety (20.7%). However, the majority (82.9%) did not present any degree of depression.

CONCLUSION:

Data of QOL, anxiety, and depression showed that it is essential to pay special attention to the subjectivities of the elderly, considering their health weaknesses.