Estresse, funcionalidade, desempenho ocupacional e enfrentamento religioso/espiritual em pessoas com obesidade mórbida

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Morbid obesity, a non-communicable and multifactorial chronic disease, is associated with several comorbidities and can increase problems related to functional capacity, occupational performance and increased levels of stress. OBJECTIVES: The objective was to analyze the relationships between functional variables, occupational performance, stress and religious coping in people with morbid obesity. METHODS: A cross-sectional, non-experimental study 20 comprising a subject aged 59 years and with a BMI equal to or greater than 40kg/m2. The following instruments were used for the research: Socioeconomic and Clinical Questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale (EEP), the Religious/Spiritual Coping Scale (CRE-Brief), the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). RESULTS: We obtained 41 participants with a predominance of women (70.73%), aged 36.85 years. It was observed that 490% of them were 73,13,13% single, working 3,41% who had 1 or more children. As for health conditions, the mean BMI was 46.75 and systemic arterial hypertension was the most associated comorbidity. The mainly between the EEP questions and the CRE-Brief presented positive associations, indicating that the positive or negative problems of spirituality and religiosity in their lives and suggesting that the participants use spirituality and spirituality in facing everyday challenges. As for WHODAS2.0 and COPM, the domain most affected was Participation and in COPM the domain of Independence Outside Home. Note some positive actions among the instruments. CONCLUSION: The findings and the spiritual impact of obesity on functionality, occupational performance and religious/object coping with the diagnosis in question. It is noteworthy that important health data and systems are important for health needs, as the real needs of the population. There are more studies with different robust and generalized samples in Brazilian locations.