PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
The present study aimed to describe the way in which elderly with depressive symptoms perceive their purpose/meaning in life. It is a qualitative study with 17 elderly with depressive symptoms registered at a Health Care Service for Elderly Patients in a city in Minas Gerais. Narrative data were obt...
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| author | Pollyana Pagliaro Borges Soares Jurema Ribeiro Luiz Gonçalves Elisângela de Assis Amaro Carolina Camargos Corrêa Anquelins Patrícia do Amaral Divanice Contim |
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| description | The present study aimed to describe the way in which elderly with depressive symptoms perceive their purpose/meaning in life. It is a qualitative study with 17 elderly with depressive symptoms registered at a Health Care Service for Elderly Patients in a city in Minas Gerais. Narrative data were obtained through semi-structured interviews in April and May, 2013. The information extracted from the interviews were analyzed by Collective Subjective Discourse methodology based on the Theory of Social Representations. For the respondents, their quality of life was related to taking care of the family, sense of fulfillment or non-fulfillment, divine purpose, preservation of friendship and satisfaction with life. When the wishes and the knowledge of elderly individuals, built during their lives, are considered, understood and respected these individuals tend to have a positive perception of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81afd3dfa2ac404098f0f97534ae194e2022-12-21T22:09:48ZengUniversidade Federal do ParanáCogitare Enfermagem1414-85362176-91332015-12-0120467067410.5380/ce.v20i4.41553PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMSPollyana Pagliaro Borges Soares Jurema Ribeiro Luiz GonçalvesElisângela de Assis AmaroCarolina Camargos CorrêaAnquelins Patrícia do AmaralDivanice ContimThe present study aimed to describe the way in which elderly with depressive symptoms perceive their purpose/meaning in life. It is a qualitative study with 17 elderly with depressive symptoms registered at a Health Care Service for Elderly Patients in a city in Minas Gerais. Narrative data were obtained through semi-structured interviews in April and May, 2013. The information extracted from the interviews were analyzed by Collective Subjective Discourse methodology based on the Theory of Social Representations. For the respondents, their quality of life was related to taking care of the family, sense of fulfillment or non-fulfillment, divine purpose, preservation of friendship and satisfaction with life. When the wishes and the knowledge of elderly individuals, built during their lives, are considered, understood and respected these individuals tend to have a positive perception of life.http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i4.41553Senior Community CentersAgingPerception |
| spellingShingle | Pollyana Pagliaro Borges Soares Jurema Ribeiro Luiz Gonçalves Elisângela de Assis Amaro Carolina Camargos Corrêa Anquelins Patrícia do Amaral Divanice Contim PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS Cogitare Enfermagem Senior Community Centers Aging Perception |
| title | PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| title_full | PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| title_fullStr | PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| title_full_unstemmed | PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| title_short | PERCEPTION OF PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ELDERLY WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS |
| title_sort | perception of purpose in life of elderly with depressive symptoms |
| topic | Senior Community Centers Aging Perception |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i4.41553 |
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