Os Sintomas Ansiosos e Depressivos como Correlatos da Ansiedade à Doença numa Amostra de Idosos Institucionalizados

Objetivo: A ansiedade à doença é caracterizada por uma predisposição para interpretar inadequadamente sensações corporais benignas como fisicamente prejudiciais. Esta condição poderá ser exacerbada pela coexistência de outras perturbações do foro psicológico. No entanto, a existência de literatura que possa esclarecer esta relação é escassa. Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar se existe relação entre sintomas ansiosos, sintomas depressivos e a ansiedade à doença em idosos. Também foi objetivo deste estudo verificar o papel das variáveis sociodemográficas e clínicas que se associam à ansiedade à doença. Método: A amostra incluiu 326 indivíduos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos (M = 75,12 ± DP = 8,79), sendo 117 institucionalizados e 209 pertencentes à comunidade. Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Geriatric Depression Scale - 8 itens, o Geriatric Anxiety Inventory e o Short Health Anxiety Inventory. Resultados: Os resultados evidenciaram relação estatisticamente significativa entre ansiedade à doença, sintomatologia ansiosa e sintomatologia depressiva. Os idosos institucionalizados que reportaram mais ansiedade à doença foram os que indicaram mais sintomatologia ansiosa (r = 0,50, p < 0,01) e mais sintomatologia depressiva (r = 0,42, p < 0,01). A única variável sociodemográfica que influenciou a ansiedade à doença foi a área de residência, indicando os idosos residentes em meio urbano mais ansiedade à doença. A ansiedade à doença correlacionou-se com a toma de antipsicóticos (r = 0,24; p < 0,05). Conclusão: Uma vez que se verifica uma correlação entre a sintomatologia ansiosa, a sintomatologia depressiva e a ansiedade à doença será pertinente implementar de programas de intervenção que auxiliem na superação das principais dificuldades demonstradas. Assim, o diagnóstico precoce de ansiedade à doença pode representar um fator fulcral para melhorar a qualidade de vida dos idosos. / Purpose: Anxiety to the disease is characterized by a predisposition to misinterpret benign body sensations as physically disorders. However, there is little literature that can clarify this relationship. This study aimed to verify if there is a relationship between anxious symptoms, depressive symptoms and anxiety to the disease in the elderly. This study also aimed to verify the role of sociodemographic and clinical variables that are associated with anxiety and disease. Method: The sample included 326 individuals aged 60 years or older (M = 75.12 ± SD = 8.79), of which 117 were institutionalized and 209 belonging to the community. The instruments used were the Geriatric Depression Scale - 8 itens, the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory and the Short Health Anxiety Inventory. Results: The results showed a statistically significant relationship between anxiety to the disease, anxious symptoms and depressive symptoms. The institutionalized elderly who reported more anxiety to the disease were those who indicated more anxiety symptoms (r = 0.42, p < 0.01). The only sociodemographic variable that influenced anxiety to the disease was the area of residence, indicating the elderly residents in urban areas more anxiety to the disease. Anxiety to the disease was correlated with antipsychotic (r = 0.24; p < 0.05). Conclusion: Since there is a correlation between anxious symptomatology, depressive symptomatology and anxiety to the disease, it will be pertinent to implement intervention programs to help overcome the main difficulties demonstrated. Thus, the early diagnosis of anxiety to the disease may represent a key factor to improve the quality of life of the elderly

Educomunicação, Transformação Social e Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Esta publicação apresenta os principais trabalhos dos GTs do II Congresso Internacional de Comunicação e Educação nos temas&nbsp;Transformação social, com os artigos que abordam principalmente Educomunicação e/ou Mídia-Educação, no contexto de políticas de diversidade, inclusão e equidade; e, em Desenvolvimento Sustentável&nbsp;os artigos que abordam os avanços da relação comunicação/educação no contexto da educação ambiental e desenvolvimento sustentável

Correspondence: Wayne County, GA. - E. B. Rosser, James W. Poppel (Clerk of the Superior Court)

1 electronic document [PDF/A]. Includes TIFF and JP2 images. Digitized by the Digital Library of Georgia, September 2019.Correspondence, Wayne County, 1895. Handwritten Correspondence to E.B. Rosser, Atlanta Georgia with deed from the Brunswick Land and Lumber Company and deed to W.M. Scott. Wayne County, Georgia. November 30, 1895. 1 page

Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora

Growing knowledge: an overview of Seed Plant diversity in Brazil

Abstract An updated inventory of Brazilian seed plants is presented and offers important insights into the country's biodiversity. This work started in 2010, with the publication of the Plants and Fungi Catalogue, and has been updated since by more than 430 specialists working online. Brazil is home to 32,086 native Angiosperms and 23 native Gymnosperms, showing an increase of 3% in its species richness in relation to 2010. The Amazon Rainforest is the richest Brazilian biome for Gymnosperms, while the Atlantic Rainforest is the richest one for Angiosperms. There was a considerable increment in the number of species and endemism rates for biomes, except for the Amazon that showed a decrease of 2.5% of recorded endemics. However, well over half of Brazillian seed plant species (57.4%) is endemic to this territory. The proportion of life-forms varies among different biomes: trees are more expressive in the Amazon and Atlantic Rainforest biomes while herbs predominate in the Pampa, and lianas are more expressive in the Amazon, Atlantic Rainforest, and Pantanal. This compilation serves not only to quantify Brazilian biodiversity, but also to highlight areas where there information is lacking and to provide a framework for the challenge faced in conserving Brazil's unique and diverse flora