Abstract:

Abstract This quantitative cross-sectional exploratory and descriptive study, carried out between the second semester of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, aimed at describing mental health indicators in elderly people who attend a group of Hypertension and Diabetes. Instruments were applied that evaluated: sociodemographic aspects, cognitive condition, depression, loneliness, pleasurable activities, subjective well-being, positive and negative affects and functional status. It was observed that 41.7% had depressive symptoms; 10% had moderate or intense loneliness and average levels of subjective well-being and pleasurable activities. Although depression was more prevalent, median levels of subjective well-being and pleasurable activities suggest that mental health is preserved. It is important to prepare primary health care professionals to recognize depressive symptoms in the elderly, to direct appropriate interventions, as well as to pay attention to the potential of these individuals and intervene from them, with a view to promoting and strengthening well-being of elderly people with chronic diseases.

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