Social support, care and cognition in a study addressing elderly caregivers

• Grant number: 17/04129-9
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: November 01, 2017 - January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nursing - Public Health Nursing
• Principal researcher: Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini
• Grantee: Sofia Cristina Iost Pavarini
• Home Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: ALINE CRISTINA MARTINS GRATAO ; Bruna Moretti Luchesi ; Francisco José Fraga da Silva ; Marcos Hortes Nisihara Chagas ; Tábatta Renata Pereira de Brito
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/16185-6 - Social support, care and cognition in study with older caregivers, BP.TT; 19/07395-7 - Social support, care and cognition in study with older caregivers, BP.TT

Abstract

The contingent of elderly caregivers caring for elderly individuals increased in number and importance and is currently an important public health problem. The literature has shown that social support positively affects caregivers, especially in reducing stress and overload. There are, however, few studies addressing the relationship between social support and the cognition of caregivers. Considering the importance of cognition to one's performance when providing care, this study's objective is to analyze the relationship between social support and the cognition of elderly caregivers providing care to elderly individuals and then compare this to the cognition of elderly non-caregivers registered in the primary health care services of a city in São Paulo, Brazil, including rural areas. This descriptive, comparative study uses a quantitative approach. All ethical guidelines will be complied with. Elderly caregivers providing care to elderly individuals (n=41) and elderly non-caregivers (n=41) will be matched by gender, age and education. The following instruments will be used in data collection: Questionnaire to characterize sociodemographic data, health, and care delivery; the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R), and the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS). To assess cognitive processing (P300), a device that captures evoked response (EEG) will be used with an auditory task in the oddball paradigm. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 21.0 will be used in data analysis. Descriptive and comparison analysis will be performed, with level of significance established at p<0.05. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARIELLI TERASSI; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; ÉRICA NESTOR DE SOUZA; FRANCISCO JOSÉ FRAGA; PEDRO MONTOYA; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI; PRISCILLA HORTENSE. Cognition and chronic pain: an analysis on community-dwelling elderly caregivers and non-caregivers. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, v. 79, n. 3, p. 201-208, Mar. 2021.

ALLAN GUSTAVO BREGOLA; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. Demographics and stress as risk factors associated with mortality in older adults who provide daily support and who receive daily support. Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, n. ahead, p. -, 2021.

ALVES, ELEN DOS SANTOS; IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA; LUCHESI, BRUNA MORETTI; OTTAVIANI, ANA CAROLINA; ZACARIN CARDOSO, JULIANA DE FATIMA; INOUYE, KEIKA. Duration of night sleep and cognitive performance of community older adults. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, v. 29, 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA; OTTAVIANI, ANA CAROLINA; BREGOLA, ALLAN GUSTAVO; FRAGA, FRANCISCO J.; NISIHARA CHAGAS, MARCOS HORTES; DE OLIVEIRA, NATHALIA ALVES; PEREIRA DE BRITO, TABATTA RENATA. Association between perceived social support and better cognitive performance among caregivers and non-caregivers. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, v. 74, n. 2 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

TERASSI, MARIELLI; MONTOYA, PEDRO; IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA; HORTENSE, PRISCILLA. Influence of chronic pain on cognitive performance in elderly caregivers: a longitudinal study. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, v. 74, n. 2 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; ALLAN GUSTAVO BREGOLA; MARIÉLLI TERASSI; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; ÉRICA NESTOR SOUZA; NATHALIA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA; FRANCISCO JOSÉ FRAGA; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. Comparison of cognitive performance and aspects of the care context in elderly caregivers in Brazil: A follow-up study. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 14, n. 2, p. 159-164, Jun. 2020.

BRIGOLA, ALLAN GUSTAVO; OTTAVIANI, ANA CAROLINA; ALEXANDRE, TIAGO DA SILVA; LUCHESI, BRUNA MORETTI; IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA. Cumulative effects of cognitive impairment and frailty on functional decline, falls and hospitalization: A four-year follow-up study with older adults. ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, v. 87, MAR-APR 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI; ALLAN GUSTAVO BREGOLA; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; DÉBORAH OLIVEIRA; FABIANA DE SOUZA ORLANDI; FERNANDA GOMEZ DE MOURA; HELENA RITA OLIVEIRA SILVA; NATHALIA ALVES DE OLIVEIRA; MARISA SILVANA ZAZZETTA; ARIENE ANGELINI DOS SANTOS-ORLANDI; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI. Social and health-related predictors of family function in older spousal caregivers: a cross-sectional study. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 14, n. 4, p. 372-378, Dez. 2020.

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; TIAGO DA SILVA ALEXANDRE; KEIKA INOUYE; MONICA SANCHES YASSUDA; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI; ENEIDA MIOSHI. Limited formal education is strongly associated with lower cognitive status, functional disability and frailty status in older adults. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 13, n. 2, p. 216-224, Jun. 2019.

DOS SANTOS-ORLANDI, ARLENE ANGELINI; BRIGOLA, ALLAN GUSTAVO; OTTAVIANI, ANA CAROLINA; LUCHESI, BRUNA MORETTI; SOUZA, ERICA NESTOR; DE MOURA, FERNANDA GOMEZ; ZACARIN, JULIANA DE FATIMA; TERASSI, MARIELLI; DE OLIVEIRA, NATHALIA ALVES; IOST PAVARINI, SOFIA CRISTINA. Elderly caregivers of the elderly: frailty, loneliness and depressive symptoms. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, v. 72, n. 2, p. 88-96, 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; ÉRICA NESTOR SOUZA; ESTEFANI SERAFIM ROSSETTI; MARIÉLLI TERASSI; NATHALIA ALVES OLIVEIRA; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. Descriptive data in different paper-based cognitive assessments in elderly from the community Stratification by age and education. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 12, n. 2, p. -, Jun. 2018.

SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI; ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; ÉRICA NESTOR SOUZA; ESTEFANI SERAFIM ROSSETTI; FRANCISCO JOSÉ FRAGA; LETÍCIA PIMENTA COSTA GUARISCO; MARÉLLI TERASSI; NATHALIA ALVES OLIVEIRA; PRISCILLA HORTENSE; RENATA VALLE PEDROSO; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI. On the use of the P300 as a tool for cognitive processing assessment in healthy aging: A review. Dement. Neuropsychol., v. 12, n. 1, p. -, Mar. 2018.

ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; MAYARA CAROLINE BARBIERI; BRUNA MORETTI LUCHESI; ELIANE DA SILVA GRAZZIANO; REGIMAR CARLA MACHADO; GISELLE DUPAS; SOFIA CRISTINA IOST PAVARINI. Association between depressive syndrome and visual complaints among elderly caregivers. Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, v. 67, n. 4, p. -, Dez. 2018.

WELLINTON LUCAS SILVA DE ALMEIDA; ANA CAROLINA OTTAVIANI; BRUNA RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS; ALLAN GUSTAVO BRIGOLA; TÁBATTA RENATA PEREIRA DE BRITO; SOFIA CRISTINA LOST PAVARINI. Social support and cognitive processing among elderly caregivers and non-caregivers of other elderly persons. Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol., v. 21, n. 6, p. 657-666, Dez. 2018.