Oficinas de estimulação cognitiva via computador e a melhoria na qualidade de vida de idosos de uma coorte populacional assistidos na atenção primária a saúde

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Bonilha, Ana Claudia [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Elderly; Cognitive stimulation; Computer; New technologies and; Quality of life; Idoso; Estimulação cognitiva; Computador; Novas tecnologias; Qualidade de vida; Saúde coletiva
• Link de acesso: https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=5057673; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/41887

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the cognitive stimulation strategy, via computer, in the elderly with or without mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the impact on their quality of life. Methods: This is a randomized controlled intervention study, aligned to a population cohort study, performed in a University Hospital care complex, with a qualitative and quantitative character. Data collection was performed before and after the intervention. The WHOQOL-Bref instrument was used to measure quality of life and semi-structured questions that generated categories of analysis. The data were scanned in a database in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program to perform descriptive analyzes. The sample consisted of 92 elderly individuals divided into 38 from the intervention group and 54 from the control group. There were 34 workshops lasting 17 weeks. Results: The majority of the elderly were female (81.5%), with an average of 75.5 (± 7.3) years of age, and 48% studied to the 1st degree. The results showed a significant increase in the quality of life of the elderly who participated in the intervention group. The overall mean of the post-test questionnaire was 16.14 (± 1.5) for the intervention group, being above the initial pre-test mean of 14.63 (± 1.5) and above average of the control group that scored 14.47 (± 1.6) in the post-test. The results showed a high level of self-evaluation of their physical, mental, social, environmental and quality of life. Through the analysis of the categories, the elderly who attended the workshops gained autonomy, confidence, improved memory, increased social networking, and included the digital age, learning to deal with different technologies. Conclusions: The present study demonstrated the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation workshops as a tool for maintaining and improving the quality of life of the elderly, as it is directly related to the degree of satisfaction, autonomy, independence and new social roles, as well as providing an active aging. Another gain was the learning of new contents and the social and digital inclusion of the participants.