Religious and spiritual coping of institutionalized elderly

• Grant number: 12/21183-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Scientific article
• Start date: May 01, 2013
• End date: October 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal Investigator: Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna
• Grantee: Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Enfermagem (EPE). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

To evaluate the coping religious and spiritual (CRE) of elderly of two institutions of long-stay for elderly, from two towns Pouso Alegre and Santa Rita in south of Minas Gerais state Brazil and to correlate the CRE with personal characteristics. The work is based on epidemiological and analytical cross- sectional design method with nonprobability sampling and sample of 77 elderly. The instruments used are characterization staff which consists of 15 multiple choice questions, scale of two dimensions CRE, CRE positive and CRE negative. Both groups were balanced between the sexes, by the average age of 76 years old,81,6 % did not complete primary education and 96,1 % practiced a religion. There was a high use of the CRE total average use and showed higher scores with age and time of residence and CRE Total. Final analyses of the data demonstrated that the elderly uneducated and with religion presented CRE strategies so high and positive. (AU)