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- Title
Participation of elderly in social groups: quality of life and functional capacity.
- Authors
Simões Oliveira, Denise Akemi; Andrade do Nascimento Júnior, José Roberto; Marques Gomes Bertolini, Sonia Maria; de Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the differences between quality of life and functional capacity in elderly participants and non-participants of groups with social activities. Methods: cross-sectional and analytical study that evaluated 31 participants of the social group (Group 1) and 31 non-participants (Group 2). The quality of life was evaluate for WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-Old questionnaires and the functional capacity for Katz and Lawton scales. Results: elderly from Groups 1 and 2 showed quality of life scores in WHOQOL-Bref corresponding to 73.20 and 71.40 points. Regarding the WHOQOL-Old, both groups reached equal results (84 points). Regarding functional capacity, most elderly (77.4%) of the Group 2 had partial or total dependence on others to accomplish instrumental activities of daily life. Conclusion: the results indicated that elderly who participate in the social group have better quality of life scores in social and intimate domains.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH outcome assessment; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL participation; PATIENT participation; CROSS-sectional method; FUNCTIONAL assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 2, p278
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2016000200016