Quality of life of elderly people attended by the Family Health Strategy

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 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.