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- Title
QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF A COMMUNITY CENTER.
- Authors
Madeira, Etiene; Ramos Machado, Jessica; Alfradique, Priscilla; Macedo, Eliza Cristina; Magno Carvalho, Carlos; Yuji Koike, Rodrigo
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the quality of life of elderly residents of a senior community center by applying the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) -bref and WHOQOL-OLD scales. Method: This is a descriptive and inferential study, with quantitative approach, with 58 elderly people from a senior community center assisted by a multiprofessional team. Sociodemographic data and the WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-OLD scales were used to obtain the data. Results: the highest mean obtained in the instruments was WHOQOL-bref domain "environment" (26.9%) and WHOQOL-OLD domain "social participation" (15.5%). The age variable showed significant correlation with death and dying domain of the WHOQOL-OLD and the social relations domain of WHOQOL-bref. Conclusion: elderly who are assisted at the senior community center had a good perception of quality of life. Demonstrating the importance of qualifying teams for better attention in gerontological care and management.
- Subjects
INFERENTIAL statistics; SOCIAL participation; RESEARCH methodology; COMMUNITY health services; QUANTITATIVE research; QUALITY of life; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; OLD age
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v14.11865