Independent Life Skills among psychosocial care network users of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Published in: Ciência & saude coletiva Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 2565 - 2570
• Main Authors: Rodrigues, Cândida Garcia Sinott Silveira, Jardim, Vanda Maria da Rosa, Kantorski, Luciane Prado, Coimbra, Valeria Cristina Christello, Treichel, Carlos Alberto Dos Santos, Francchini, Beatriz, Bretanha, Andreia Ferreira, Neutzling, Aline Dos Santos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva 01.08.2016; ABRASCO - Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adult; Brazil; Community health care; Community Mental Health Services; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Independent Living; Male; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental Disorders - therapy; Mental health care; Personal Autonomy; PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; Social psychology; Rio Grande do Sul Brazil; Personal autonomy; SRT; ILSS-BR; Autonomia pessoal; CAPS; Independent life; Vida independente
• ISSN: 1413-8123; 1678-4561; 1678-4561; 1413-8123
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232015218.14162015

This is a cross-sectional study that aims to identify the prevalence of lower independent living skills and their associations in 390 users of psychiatric community-based services in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. For tracing the outcome it was used the "scale Independent Living Skills Survey", adopting a cut-off value lower than 2. The crude and adjusted analyses were conducted on binary logistic regressions and they considered a hierarchical model developed through a systematic literature review. In adjusted analysis the level of the same variables were adjusted to each other and to previous levels. The statistical significance remained as a < 0.05 p-value. The prevalence of smaller independent living skills was 33% and their associations were: younger age; no partner; lower education; resident at SRT; diagnosis of schizophrenia and younger diagnosis.