title: Tools, strategies and qualitative approach in relation to suicidal attempts and ideation in the elderly.
abstract: The article analyses the quality and consistency of a comprehensive interview guide, adapted to study attempted suicide and its ideation among the elderly, and imparts the method followed in applying this tool. The objective is to show how the use of a semi-structured interview and the organization and data analysis set-up were tested and perfected by a network of researchers from twelve universities or research centers in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. The method involved application and evaluation of the tool and joint production of an instruction manual on data collection, systematization and analysis. The methodology was followed in 67 interviews with elderly people of 60 or older and in 34 interviews with health professionals in thirteen Brazilian municipalities and in Montevideo and Bogotá, allowing the consistency of the tool and the applicability of the method to be checked, during the process and at the end. The enhanced guide and the instructions for reproducing it are presented herein. The results indicate the suitability and credibility of this methodological approach, tested and certified in interdisciplinary and interinstitutional terms.
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Carelli, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Fátima Gonçalves
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Carelli, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Maria Cecília de Souza
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Minayo
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brasil.
authors.forename: Denise Machado Duran
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Girliani Silva
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Fortaleza, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raimunda Magalhães
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosylaine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Stela Nazareth
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Meneghel
authors.affiliation: Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grubits
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Célia Sousa
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Carelli, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Ana Elisa Bastos
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Carelli, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Mangas
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay.
authors.forename: María Cristina Heuguerot
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fachola
authors.affiliation: Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Colombia.
authors.forename: Giovane Mendieta
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011996:Records; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014583:Uruguay