Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly: Prevalence, profile and associated factors in an outpatient clinic for Geriatric Psychiatry in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Aims: to describe the prevalence of anxiety disorders and to evaluate the profile and associated factors in a sample of elderly people seen at the geriatric psychiatric outpatient clinic of a hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Methods: this is a cross-sectional study that evaluated 69 elderly people d...

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Autores: Bellora, Roberta Magalhães, Sgnaolin, Vanessa, Engroff, Paula, Dannebrock, Letícia Güenter, Diefenthaeler, Edgar Chagas, Neto, Alfredo Cataldo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:PAJAR - Pan American Journal of Aging Research
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40528
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/pajar/article/view/40528
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:aged
geriatric psychiatry
anxiety disorders
anciano
psiquiatria geriátrica
transtornos de ansiedad
idoso
transtornos de ansiedade
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Sumario:Aims: to describe the prevalence of anxiety disorders and to evaluate the profile and associated factors in a sample of elderly people seen at the geriatric psychiatric outpatient clinic of a hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil.Methods: this is a cross-sectional study that evaluated 69 elderly people diagnosed with anxiety disorders, seen at the geriatric psychiatric outpatient clinic, from 2014 to 2019.Results: the prevalence of anxiety disorders was 21.9% and the average age 73.4 ± 8.7 years. There was a predominance of female individuals (81.2%), with 5 to 8 years of study (33.8%), married (47.7%) and residents of Porto Alegre (65.2%). Regarding clinical variables, the highest frequency of the elderly did not have a family history of illness or psychiatric hospitalization. Of the total, 92.6% reported having some clinical comorbidity, with cardiovascular diseases being the most frequent (69.8%). The main psychiatric drugs used were antidepressants (66.7%) and benzodiazepines (44.9%).Conclusions: anxiety disorders are frequent among the elderly. Thus, further studies in the geriatric population and standardization of assessment tools are needed.