Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study
Background: Preventive and positive online coping strategies are essential for harm reduction associated with alcohol abuse among older adults in pandemic and social isolation scenarios. The objectives were to examine the relationship between alcohol use/abuse and physical capacity/self-care to perf...
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| author | Meiry F. P. Okuno Diego Ximendes-Silva Rodrigo L. Vancini Claudia Adjzen Marilia S. Andrade Claudio A. B. de Lira Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Rafaela Gomes dos Santos Katja Weiss Beat Knechtle |
| author_facet | Meiry F. P. Okuno Diego Ximendes-Silva Rodrigo L. Vancini Claudia Adjzen Marilia S. Andrade Claudio A. B. de Lira Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Rafaela Gomes dos Santos Katja Weiss Beat Knechtle |
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| description | Background: Preventive and positive online coping strategies are essential for harm reduction associated with alcohol abuse among older adults in pandemic and social isolation scenarios. The objectives were to examine the relationship between alcohol use/abuse and physical capacity/self-care to perform the physical activities of daily living or impairment of the functional capacity of the elderly in the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was carried out. One hundred and one elderly people in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, participated in a community program. Results: Most participants (52.5%) showed excellent self-care skills. Approximately 12% of participants reported problems related to alcohol use/abuse. There was no association between self-care ability and abuse and probable alcohol dependence. Conclusions: Although most participants have excellent self-care and functional capacity and have not evidenced alcohol use/abuse, health professionals need to systematically provide information to prevent alcohol abuse, especially in scenarios of great emotional distress, such as in a pandemic. In addition, the online meetings held by the UAPI program were shown to be opportunities for social interaction and were essential to minimize the negative effects of the possible presence of alcohol use/abuse and the deteriorating performance of physical activities of daily living during a pandemic outbreak for the elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec8c88de8dcb4b1abbafc84c6591e1ff2023-11-24T08:55:10ZengMDPI AGKnowledge2673-95852022-08-012340241110.3390/knowledge2030023Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online StudyMeiry F. P. Okuno0Diego Ximendes-Silva1Rodrigo L. Vancini2Claudia Adjzen3Marilia S. Andrade4Claudio A. B. de Lira5Pantelis T. Nikolaidis6Rafaela Gomes dos Santos7Katja Weiss8Beat Knechtle9Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo 04024-002, SP, BrazilEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo 04024-002, SP, BrazilDepartamento de Desportos, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória 40092-620, ES, BrazilEscola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo 04024-002, SP, BrazilDepartamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo 04021-001, SP, BrazilSetor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício, Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, GO, BrazilSchool of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreeceColegiado de Educação Física, Universidade do Estado da Bahía, Teixeira de Freitas 45985-094, BA, BrazilMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, 9000 St. Galen, SwitzerlandMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, 9000 St. Galen, SwitzerlandBackground: Preventive and positive online coping strategies are essential for harm reduction associated with alcohol abuse among older adults in pandemic and social isolation scenarios. The objectives were to examine the relationship between alcohol use/abuse and physical capacity/self-care to perform the physical activities of daily living or impairment of the functional capacity of the elderly in the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was carried out. One hundred and one elderly people in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, participated in a community program. Results: Most participants (52.5%) showed excellent self-care skills. Approximately 12% of participants reported problems related to alcohol use/abuse. There was no association between self-care ability and abuse and probable alcohol dependence. Conclusions: Although most participants have excellent self-care and functional capacity and have not evidenced alcohol use/abuse, health professionals need to systematically provide information to prevent alcohol abuse, especially in scenarios of great emotional distress, such as in a pandemic. In addition, the online meetings held by the UAPI program were shown to be opportunities for social interaction and were essential to minimize the negative effects of the possible presence of alcohol use/abuse and the deteriorating performance of physical activities of daily living during a pandemic outbreak for the elderly.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9585/2/3/23older adultsalcoholfunctional capacitypandemicCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Meiry F. P. Okuno Diego Ximendes-Silva Rodrigo L. Vancini Claudia Adjzen Marilia S. Andrade Claudio A. B. de Lira Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Rafaela Gomes dos Santos Katja Weiss Beat Knechtle Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study Knowledge older adults alcohol functional capacity pandemic COVID-19 |
| title | Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study |
| title_full | Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study |
| title_fullStr | Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study |
| title_short | Profile of Self-Care Capacity and Alcohol Use in Elderly Brazilians during the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Online Study |
| title_sort | profile of self care capacity and alcohol use in elderly brazilians during the covid 19 outbreak an online study |
| topic | older adults alcohol functional capacity pandemic COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9585/2/3/23 |
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