Percepção sobre qualidade de vida dos idosos de Portugal e do Brasil

Translated title of the contribution: Perception on the life quality of Portuguese and Brazilian elderly

Regina Célia Ermel, Ana Cristina Caramelo, Lislaine Aparecida Fracolli, Flavia Vilas Boas Carli Ortiz, Teresa Lais Menegucci Zutin, Silvia Helena Soares Gianini, Ligia Morelatto Pieri da Silva, Márcia Abusio Cardin, Eleny Rosa Guimarães, Paula Zutin, Joselaine dos Santos Dorvalino, Margarida Vieira

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the perception of life quality of the elderly in Portugal and Brazil, and to identify the facet of the WHOQOL-Old instrument with a higher evaluation score. Method: The study was conducted with 508 elderly from Portugal and 349elderly from Brazil. To evaluate the quality of life it was used the WHOQOL-Old instrument of WHO. Results: It was found that the facets with the best evaluative scores were Family/ FamilyLife(74.05) for the elderly in Portugal and DeathandDying (75.37) for the elderly in Brazil. Conclusion:The elderly in this study, both in Portugal and in Brazil, positively perceived their quality of life.
Translated title of the contributionPerception on the life quality of Portuguese and Brazilian elderly
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)1315-1320
Number of pages6
JournalRevista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Quality of life
  • Old man
  • Brazil
  • Nursing

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