Association between resilience and self-compassion in patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a chronic, non-inflammatory syndrome characterized by diffuse musculoskeletal pain and tender points in some body areas. Thus, studies based on fibromyalgia patients\u27 experience are critical, as they end up having a loss in their personal relationships over time, personal chores, self-esteem, security, and motivation to life. The general objective of this study is to investigate the association between resilience and self-compassion in patients with Fibromyalgia. The present research has a quantitative, descriptive, and transversal design. This study will consist of Fibromyalgia patients from the Metropolitan Region of Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil. The sample was composed of 30 participants, over 25 years old, of both sexes, selected for convenience. These participants were invited based on contacts acquired in a social network of Fibromyalgia patients and care services for patients with the syndrome. The instruments used in data collection, all self-reported, were: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), the Resilience Scale, and the Self-Compassion Scale. Descriptive analyzes were performed, showing the absolute value, the mean, and standard deviation. Association analyzes were also performed using the Spearman test and Linear Regression tests, with a significance level ≤0.05. There was no significant difference between resilience and self-compassion over the study period. The participants presented the resilience variable with values that were found in the expected average. The present study showed a moderate correlation between resilience and self-compassion. The decrease in the impact of fibromyalgia is associated with less use of the problem-solving strategy and an increase in the Mindfulness strategy. Mindfulness is the most apparent component of self-compassion in the study. Therefore, it is possible to identify in this research the low level of the variable resilience in patients with the syndrome

Estudo das funções executivas no envelhecimento bem-sucedido

Existem várias funções executivas envolvidas no desempenho funcional de uma pessoa no seu dia a dia. Investigar tais funções na terceira idade é relevante, a fim de analisar o impacto do envelhecimento sobre estas habilidades cognitivas. Disponibilizar instrumentos para a avaliação de idosos é necessário por conta do aumento dessa população. Este artigo objetivou avaliar o desempenho das funções executivas, identificando as associações com idade, gênero e escolaridade. A amostra comunitária constituiu-se de 3 mulheres com idade de 79 e 80 anos. Identificou-se que nas tarefas que envolveram habilidades das praxias construtivas e evocação de conteúdos semânticos as participantes alcançaram índices acima da média para sua faixa etária. No entanto as habilidades envolvendo atenção sustentada e dividida apresentou déficits entre as participantes. Salienta-se a importância de novas pesquisas nesta temática com o intuito de estabelecer outras correlações significativas.There are several executive roles involved in the daily life of a person`s functional performance. To investigate these functions in the third age is relevant in order to analyze the impact of aging on these cognitive abilities. Provide tools for evaluate elderly is necessary due to the increase of this population. This article aims to measure the performance of executive duties, identifying associations with age, gender and education. The community sample consisted of 3 women aged 79 to 80 years. It was identified that on tasks involving skills of constructive praxis and semantic evocation of the participants reached rates above average for their age group. However the skills involving sustained attention and divided presented deficit among the participants. The importance of further research on this topic is highly important in order to establish other significant correlations

Estudo das funções executivas no envelhecimento bem-sucedido

Existem várias funções executivas envolvidas no desempenho funcional de uma pessoa no seu dia a dia. Investigar tais funções na terceira idade é relevante, a fim de analisar o impacto do envelhecimento sobre estas habilidades cognitivas. Disponibilizar instrumentos para a avaliação de idosos é necessário por conta do aumento dessa população. Este artigo objetivou avaliar o desempenho das funções executivas, identificando as associações com idade, gênero e escolaridade. A amostra comunitária constituiu-se de 3 mulheres com idade de 79 e 80 anos. Identificou-se que nas tarefas que envolveram habilidades das praxias construtivas e evocação de conteúdos semânticos as participantes alcançaram índices acima da média para sua faixa etária. No entanto as habilidades envolvendo atenção sustentada e dividida apresentou déficits entre as participantes. Salienta-se a importância de novas pesquisas nesta temática com o intuito de estabelecer outras correlações significativas.There are several executive roles involved in the daily life of a person`s functional performance. To investigate these functions in the third age is relevant in order to analyze the impact of aging on these cognitive abilities. Provide tools for evaluate elderly is necessary due to the increase of this population. This article aims to measure the performance of executive duties, identifying associations with age, gender and education. The community sample consisted of 3 women aged 79 to 80 years. It was identified that on tasks involving skills of constructive praxis and semantic evocation of the participants reached rates above average for their age group. However the skills involving sustained attention and divided presented deficit among the participants. The importance of further research on this topic is highly important in order to establish other significant correlations

Resilience Strategies for Successful Aging

The objective of this research was to analyze the strategies resilience and SOC (selection, optimization and compensation) in elderly residents of Ivoti/Brazil. The methodology used was quantitative and descriptive. Participated in the study 193 people aged 60-79 years living in the city of Ivoti. The instruments used were the Resilience Scale and the Inventory SOC. It was found that the participants scored on scale high resilience and the SOC strategy used mostly was the selection for loss, followed by compensation. There was no significant difference in the use of strategies by men or women, or in relation to age groups 60-69 years and 70-79 years. The conclusion was that to be resilient may be a necessary factor for successful aging materializes