Sintomas depressivos e fragilidade física em pessoas idosas: revisão integrativa

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Resumo Objetivo identificar a relação entre sintomas depressivos e fragilidade física em pessoas idosas por meio de uma revisão integrativa de literatura. Método Foram realizadas buscas em portais e bases de dados: Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, SciELO, Resultados dos 486 artigos encontrados, 126 foram excluídos por duplicidade, 339 por não se adequarem aos critérios pré-estabelecidos, restando 21 artigos que compuseram o corpus da revisão. Conclusão os sintomas depressivos e fragilidade física estão presentes entreAbstract Objective to identify the relationship between depressive symptoms and physical frailty in the older adults through an integrative literature review. Method searches were performed in portals and databases: Virtual Health Library, SciELO, Web of Science and PUBMED. The inclusion criteria were having been published in the period from 2012 to 2020, to appear in full, to be directly related to the theme and registered in Portuguese and/or English. To categorize the articles included in the study, the following information was extracted: author(s) and year, type of study and sample, objective(s) and main results. To illustrate selection of articles, the flowchart of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses were used, the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine to classify the level of evidence and the EndNote Web for managing the bibliography. Results of the 486 articles found, 126 were excluded due to duplication, 339 did not meet the pre-established criteria, and 21 articles that made up the review corpus. There was an association between depressive symptoms and physical frailty in the older adults, with the ability to be predictors of each other, being related to negative outcomes for the health of the older adults, among them: cognitive impairment, limited activities, increased mortality, among others. Conclusion depressive symptoms and physical frailty are present among the older adults, with a reciprocal association, negatively influencing their clinical condition. The results help to clarify these conditions and provide knowledge for the prevention and development of interventions in the gerontological area, benefiting the health of the older adults.