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Stratégies d'adaptation, symptômes dépressifs, anxiété et bien-être au sein des personnes âgées vivant en milieu institutionnel*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Charles Pinard  and
Philippe Landreville
Charles Pinard
Affiliation:
Suicide-Action Montréal Inc.
Philippe Landreville
Affiliation:
Université Laval
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Abstract

Older persons living in Residential and extended care centres (RECC) have to cope with various Stressors associated with institutional life. While some residents cope successfully, a large proportion of this population presents difficulties in adjustment. Knowledge about the role of coping strategies in the adjustment process to nursing home Stressors is limited to strategies used in the first few months following admission to RECC. The goal of this exploratory study was to determine how various coping strategies are related to depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being of 90 residents living in RECC for more than three months. Individual interviews were used to collect the data. Significant correlations were observed between measures of psychological adaptation and the strategies of escape-avoidance and seeking social support. These results confirm than certain coping strategies are associated with adaptation to life in RECC.

Résumé

Les personnes âgées demeurant en Centre d'hébergement et de soins de longue durée (CHSLD) ont à s'adapter à différents stresseurs associés à la vie en établissement. Si certains résidants s'adaptent avec succès, on note qu'une grande portion d'entre eux vivent des problèmes d'adaptation. Nos connaissances concernant l'adaptation aux stresseurs en CHSLD sont limitées aux stratégies utilisées dans les premiers mois suivant l'institutionnalisation. Cette recherche exploratoire avait pour objectif de déterminer dans quelle mesure les stratégies d'adaptation sont associées aux symptômes dépressifs, à l'anxiété et au bien-être de 90 personnes âgées vivant en CHSLD depuis plus de trois mois. Des entrevues individuelles ont permis de recueillir les données. Des corrélations significatives ont été observées entre les indices d'adaptation psychologique et les stratégies d'échappement-évitement ainsi que de recherche de soutien social. Ces résultats confirment que certaines stratégies sont associées à l'adaptation au sein des résidants âgés en CHSLD.

Keywords

AdaptationAnxietyWell-BeingDepressionInstitutionStrategy.Adaptationanxiétébien-êtredépressioninstitutionstratégie.
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , Printemps/Spring 1998 , pp. 40 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1998

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Footnotes

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École de psychologie, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, PQ, G1K 7P4

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Cette étude a été acceptée comme exigence partielle de la maîtrise en psychologie de Charles Pinard, étudiant de l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Une première version a été présentée au 27ième congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie au mois de novembre 1994 à Montréal, Québec. Nous désirons remercier chaleureusement Madame Valérie Briançlon pour sa contribution à cette étude.

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