Strategy of psychological intervention to modify lifestyles in the elderly. MFO No.40. Yara

Dania Gisela Rodríguez Elías; Jisela Lorente Cabrales; Natacha Lara Rodríguez; Haydee Araujo Rodríguez; Blanca A Gaínza González

2016, Number 2

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Mul Med 2016; 20 (2)

Strategy of psychological intervention to modify lifestyles in the elderly. MFO No.40. Yara

Rodríguez EDG, Lorente CJ, Lara RN, Araujo RH, Gainza GBA

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the ancestral human interest to live as many years as possible, along with the increasing development of science and technology, support the present trend considering that if it is important to live longer, it is also essential that all years elapse with the best quality of life possible.
Objectives: to implement a strategy of psychological intervention to modify the lifestyle that favors the human aging process with quality in the elderly.
Method: it was performed a study of psychological intervention in the elderly to change the lifestyle. It was applied a guide to measure the lifestyle and the psychological inventory test of Beck to measure the depression; to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy it was applied a statistical test for the difference in proportions with a significance level of 5%.
Results: it was initially diagnosed an unhealthy lifestyle in both sexes, with a predominantly mild and moderate depression, at the end of the study it was modified the emotional state of patients that were located in non-depressive state. The work reflects the results of the intervention strategy, which validates the idea and demonstrates compliance with the proposed objective.
Conclusions: the intervention strategy modified as elements of the lifestyle towards a good category the following variables: fitness, feeding habits, sexuality, self-care, use of leisure time and emotional state.

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