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- Title
QUALIDADE DE VIDA DE IDOSOS COM DOENÇAS CRÔNICAS ACOMPANHADOS PELA ESTRATÉGIA SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA.
- Authors
Firmino, Ana Patrícia; Araújo Moreira, Andréa Carvalho; Dourado Júnior, Francisco Wellington; Rocha Aguiar, Francisca Alanny; Rocha do Val, Danielle
- Abstract
Objective: To describe the quality of life of elderly people with chronic diseases monitored by the Family Health Strategy. Methods: A descriptive and cross- -sectional study, carried out with 90 elderly people monitored by health teams in the city of Ceará, Brazil, between October and November 2017. Data were collected in the homes of the elderly using a questionnaire of social and health profile and validated instruments on quality of life of the elderly, WHOQOL- -BREF and WHOQOL-OLD. For data analysis, descriptive statistics is used. Results: An average self-assessment of quality of life of 48.75. There was a higher score in the domain of social relations (57.98) and a lower score in the domain of the environment (45.45) where the facets that point the most damage to the quality of life of the elderly were financial resources (35.00) and recreation and leisure (26.07). The intimacy domain used the highest score (53.04) and the past, present and future activities lowest score (37.23) domain by WHOQOL-OLD. Conclusion: Elderly people with chronic diseases reached average levels of quality of life, with social relationships and domains of intimacy presenting more satisfactory levels, needing to improve aspects related to health care and usage practices
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ELDER care; CHRONIC diseases; ENDOWMENTS; FAMILY health; FAMILY services; INTERPERSONAL relations; LEISURE; RESEARCH methodology; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; DISEASE management; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Enfermagem em Foco, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 4, p128
- ISSN
2177-4285
- Publication type
Article