Intervening factors in the perception of memory decline and life purpose in older adults

Article Sidebar

PDF PDF (Português (Brasil))
Published: Dec 22, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21876/rcshci.v11i4.1106
Keywords:
aging, memory, well-being

Main Article Content

Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira
State University of Maringá (UEM)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0272-9773
Gabriel Lucas Morais Freire
State University of Maringá (UEM)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-9003
Paulo Vitor Suto Aizava
State University of Maringá (UEM)
Thais Sporkens Magna
State University of Campinas (Unicamp)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-3645
Vinicius Nagy Soares
State University of Campinas (Unicamp)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0363-5186
Paula Teixeira Fernandes
State University of Campinas (Unicamp)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0492-1670
José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior
Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (Univasf)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-6967
Lenamar Fiorese
State University of Maringá (UEM)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-7534

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the perception of memory decline and the purpose of life in the elderly.Methods: A cross-sectional study that evaluated 235 older adults living in the city of Maringá, Paraná. A sociodemographic questionnaire, the Life Purpose Scale and the Subjective Cognitive Decline Initiative (SCD-I) were used. Data analysis was conducted using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann–Whitney “U”, Kruskal-Wallis, and Pearson's Chi-square tests (p < 0.05). Results: The results showed a higher prevalence of women with a perception of memory decline (p = 0.011) and that the elderly with more than three minimum wages had higher scores on the life purpose scale than the elderly with lower income. It was found that the elderly who does not consider that the deterioration of memory affects activities of daily living (ADL) had a greater purpose in life than the elderly who considers that the deterioration of memory impairs their ADL (p = 0.004). Conclusion: female gender seems to be a factor associated with memory decline, while higher monthly income seems to be an intervening factor in the greater purpose of life of the elderly. Not considering that memory loss harms ADLs, it seems to intervene in the best purpose of life.

Article Details

How to Cite
1.
Oliveira DV de, Morais Freire GL, Suto Aizava PV, Magna TS, Soares VN, Fernandes PT, Nascimento Júnior JRA do, Fiorese L. Intervening factors in the perception of memory decline and life purpose in older adults. Health Sci J [Internet]. 2021Dec.22 [cited 2024Apr.25];11(4):22-8. Available from: https://portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br/index.php/rcsfmit_zero/article/view/1106
Issue
Vol 11 No 4 (2021): October to December 2021
Section
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Authors maintain copyright and grant the Health Sciences Journal the right to first publication. From 2024, the publications wiil be licensed under Attribution 4.0 International , allowing their sharing, recognizing the authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (e.g., publishing in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point after the editorial process.

Also, the AUTHOR is informed and consents that the Health Sciences Journal can incorporate his article into existing or future scientific databases and indexers, under the conditions defined by the latter at all times, which will involve, at least, the possibility that the holders of these databases can perform the following actions on the article.

Author Biographies

Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, State University of Maringá (UEM)

PhD in Gerontology from the State University of Campinas. Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Department in Physical Education, State University of Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.

Gabriel Lucas Morais Freire, State University of Maringá (UEM)

Doctoral student in Physical Education at the State University of Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.

Paulo Vitor Suto Aizava, State University of Maringá (UEM)

Doctoral student in Physical Education at the State University of Maringá. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.

Thais Sporkens Magna, State University of Campinas (Unicamp)

Master in Gerontology from the State University of Campinas. Stricto Sensu Post-graduate Department in Gerontology, State University of Campinas. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Vinicius Nagy Soares, State University of Campinas (Unicamp)

Doctoral student in Gerontology at the State University of Campinas. Stricto Sensu Post-graduate Department in Gerontology, State University of Campinas. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

Paula Teixeira Fernandes, State University of Campinas (Unicamp)

Professor at the Department of Gerontology at the State University of Campinas. Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.

José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (Univasf)

Professor at the Department of Physical Education at the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (Univasf). Department of Stricto Sensu Postgraduate in Physical Education at Univasf. Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Lenamar Fiorese, State University of Maringá (UEM)

Professor at the Department of Physical Education at the State University of Maringá (UEM). Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Department in Physical Education, UEM. Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

References

1. Ferretti F, Macagnan D, Canei FC, Silva MR, Santos MPM. Nível de atividade física entre idosos acima de 70 anos e idosos longevos. Fisioter Mov. 2020;33:e003327. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5918.033.ao27
2. Nieman DC. Exercício e saúde: teste e prescrição de exercícios. Tradução Rogério Ferraz, Fernando Gomes do Nascimento Barueri, SP: Manole. 2011.
3. Santos AT, Leyendecker DD, Costa ALS, Souza-Talarico JNS. Queixa subjetiva de comprometimento da memória em idosos saudáveis: influência de sintomas depressivos, percepção de estresse e autoestima. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2012;46:24-9. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342012000700004 PMid:23250254
4. Costa SM, Ramos FCN, Barbosa E, dos Santos NB. Aspectos sociais das relações entre depressão e isolamento dos idosos. GIGAPP Estudios Working Papers. 2020 [cited 2021 Nov 11];7(150-165):292-308. Avaiable from: https://bit.ly/2YC0SmK
5. Ikegami ÉM, Souza LA, Tavares DMdS, Rodrigues LR. Functional capacity and physical performance of community-dwelling elderly: a longitudinal study. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva. 2020;25(3):1083-90. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232020253.18512018 PMid:32159676
6. Mukari SZMS, Yusof Y, Ishak WS, Maamor N, Chellapan K, Dzulkifli MA. Relative contributions of auditory and cognitive functions on speech recognition in quiet and in noise among older adults. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2020;86(2):149-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.10.010 PMid:30558985
7. Billig JD, Finger I. Bilinguismo como potencial proteção contra o declínio da memória de trabalho no envelhecimento. Signo. 2016;41(71):153-63. https://doi.org/10.17058/signo.v41i71.7201
8. Buss LH, Rossi AG, Buss CH, Oliveira RC. Performance in the auditory abilities of selective attention and hearing memory in a group of elderly with hearing aids: influence of hearing loss, age and gender. Rev CEFAC. 2013;15(5):1065-72. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-18462012005000100
9. Danou G. Literatura e medicina: reflexões sobre a perda de memória na demência de tipo alzheimer em geral, e na de alguém caro em particular. Rev Letras. 2013 [cited 2021 Nov 11];32(2):39-46. Avaiable from: https://bit.ly/3wI3nAz
10. Irurzun J, Yaccarini C. Resiliencia, espiritualidad y propósito de vida. Una revisión del estado del arte. PSocial. 2018 [cited 2021 Nov 11];4(2):58-66. Avaiable from: https://bit.ly/3Dcu0QB
11. Santos JD, Cachioni M, Yassuda M, Melo R, Falcão D, Neri A, et al. Participação social de idosos: associações com saúde, mobilidade e propósito de vida. Psicol Saúde Doenças. 2019;20(2):367-83. https://doi.org/10.15309/19psd200208
12. Brucki S, Nitrini R, Caramelli P, Bertolucci PH, Okamoto IH. Sugestões para o uso do mini-exame do estado mental no Brasil. Arq Neuro-psiquiatr. 2003;61(3B):777- 81. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2003000500014 PMid:14595482
13. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. "Mini-mental state": a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatric Res. 1975;12(3):189-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3956(75)90026-6
14. Ryff CD, Keyes CLM. The structure of psychological well-being revisited. J Personal Soc Psychol. 1995;69(4):719-27. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.69.4.719
15. Ribeiro CC, Neri AL, Yassuda MS. Semantic-cultural validation and internal consistency analysis of the Purpose in Life Scale for brazilian older adults. Dement Neuropsychol. 2018;12(3):244-9. https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-57642018dn12-030004 PMid:30425787 PMCid:PMC6200154
16. Studart Neto A, Nitrini R. Subjective cognitive decline: The first clinical manifestation of Alzheimer's disease? Dement Neuropsychol. 2016;10(3):170-7. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1980-5764-2016DN1003002 PMid:29213452 PMCid:PMC5642412
17. Oliveira DV, Frongia LP, Bertolini SMMG, Soares VN, Nascimento Júnior JRA, Cavaglieri CR. Perception of memory decline in physically active elderly: comparison between practitioners of systematized and non-systematized physical exercises. Motriz Rev Eudc Fis. 2019;25(1): e101919. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-6574201900010019
18. Dansereau A, Hunter SW, Gomez F, Guralnik JM, DePaul VG, Auais M. Global cognition predicts the incidence of poor physical performance among older adults: A cross‐national study. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2020;20(3):218-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13864 PMid:31960569
19. Evans IE, Llewellyn DJ, Matthews FE, Woods RT, Brayne C, Clare L, et al. Social isolation, cognitive reserve, and cognition in healthy older people. PloS One. 2018;13(8):e0201008. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201008 PMid:30118489 PMCid:PMC6097646
20. Rubin R. Exploring the relationship between depression and dementia. JAMA. 2018;320(10):961-2. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.11154 PMid:30140930
21. Wennie Huang WN, Perera S, VanSwearingen J, Studenski S. Performance measures predict onset of activity of daily living difficulty in community‐dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010;58(5):844-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02820.x PMid:20406319 PMCid:PMC2909370
22. Ma L, Sun F, Tang Z. Social frailty is associated with physical functioning, cognition, and depression, and predicts mortality. J Nutr Health Aging. 2018;22(8):989-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-018-1054-0 PMid:30272104
23. Boss L, Kang D-H, Branson S. Loneliness and cognitive function in the older adult: a systematic review. Int Psychogeriatr. 2015;27(4):541-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610214002749 PMid:25554219
24. Harada CN, Love MCN, Triebel KL. Normal cognitive aging. Clin Geriatr Med. 2013;29(4):737-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2013.07.002 PMid:24094294 PMCid:PMC4015335
25. Stern Y, Barulli D. Cognitive reserve. Handb Clin Neurol. 2019;167:181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804766-8.00011-X PMid:31753132
26. Castro CMS, Costa MFL, Cesar CC, Neves JAB, Sampaio RF. Influência da escolaridade e das condições de saúde no trabalho remunerado de idosos brasileiros. Ciênc Saúde Coletiva. 2019;24(11):4153-62. https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320182411.05762018 PMid:31664388
27. Machado JC, Ribeiro RCL, Leal PFG, Cotta RMM. Avaliação do declínio cognitivo e sua relação com as características socioeconômicas dos idosos em Viçosa-MG. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2007;10(4):592-605. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-790X2007000400017
28. Lima LM, Schwartz E, Muniz RM, Zillmer JGV, Ludtke I. Perfil dos usuários do Hiperdia de três unidades básicas de saúde do sul do Brasil. Rev Gaúcha Enferm. 2011;32(2):323-9. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1983-14472011000200016 PMid:21987994
29. Hill PL, Turiano NA, Mroczek DK, Burrow AL. The value of a purposeful life: Sense of purpose predicts greater income and net worth. J Res Personal. 2016;65:38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.07.003 PMid:28461710 PMCid:PMC5408461

Most read articles by the same author(s)