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Quality of life of elderly people attended by the Family Health Strategy
Qualidade de vida de idosos atendidos na Estratégia Saúde da Família
Calidad de vida de las personas mayores atendidas em la Estrategia de Salud Familiar
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Abstract Objective: To assess the quality of life of elderly people assisted by the Family Health Strategy. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive-exploratory and quantitative study conducted at the homes of elderly people in the urban area of Floriano - PI. The sample was composed of 671 elderly people. Data ... view more
Objective: To assess the quality of life of elderly people assisted by the Family Health Strategy. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive-exploratory and quantitative study conducted at the homes of elderly people in the urban area of Floriano - PI. The sample was composed of 671 elderly people. Data were collected by using WHOQOL-Bref and a questionnaire for social-demographic information. The data were processed with the Chi-square test and analysis of hierarchy grouping. Results: The majority of the study was composed of females (65,3%). Most of the elderly people surveyed lived without a spouse, with monthly income ranging between 1 and 3 minimum salaries and had very good quality of life (66,2%). Most of the latter were males (69,5%), with significant difference between genres (p=0.021). Conclusion: The majority of the elderly people surveyed had good quality of life according to scores from the dominions evaluated by WHOQOL-Bref, showing higher scores in the dominion of social relationships and lower scores in the dominion of environment.... view less
Keywords
elderly; quality of life; health; family; strategy; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Gerontology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 2021-2033
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i1.2021-2033
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed