Resultados: 106

Quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS in outpatient follow-up

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 71 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze factors related to the quality of life of elderly people living with HIV/AIDS. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with people aged 50 years or more in a specialized outpatient clinic. The data collection was by means of an interview. For the analysis of data ...

Quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease: an integrative review of the literature

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the available evidence in the literature on health-related quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease. Method: integrative review of MEDLINE, CUMED, LILACS and SciELO databases, from articles developed in this area, published between 2005 and 2015, in English, Po...

Sexual orientation and quality of life of people living with HIV/Aids

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether sexual orientation affects the quality of life of people living with HIV/Aids (PLWHA). Method: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with 146 PLWHA in Teresina, capital city of the state of Piauí, in 2013, by means of the WHOQOL-HIV-bref. Descriptive...

Social representations of older adults regarding quality of life

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the social representations of older adults regarding quality of life, and to analyze the care practices adopted to promote it. Method: qualitative, exploratory, descriptive research, applying the Theory of Social Representations. Thirty older people from a Health Academy...

Quality of life of elderly people with chronic kidney disease in conservative treatment

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the quality of life (QOL) of elderly people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in conservative treatment, correlating it with sociodemographic and health-related aspects. Method: This is a quantitative, cross-sectional, and descriptive study that used: a previously valida...

Spiritual well-being and quality of life of older adults in hemodialysis

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the relationship between spiritual well-being, sociodemographic, economic, religious, and health variables and the quality of life of older adults undergoing hemodialysis. Method: This was a cross-sectional and correlational study conducted with 169 older adults undergoin...

Qualidade de vida no trabalho: avaliação de estudos de intervenção

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a produção de conhecimento sobre intervenções em qualidade de vida no trabalho. Método: estudo de revisão integrativa. Para seleção dos estudos, utilizou-se as bases de dados: SciELO, Medline e PubMed. Resultados: a amostra incluiu 25 artigos nacionais e internacionai...

The family in face of the elderly's reality of living alone

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the family dynamics in face of the reality of the elderly living alone. Method: study of qualitative approach with theoretical reference of symbolic interactionism that involved interviews with families. Data were analyzed by thematic analysis. Results: six families p...

Quality of life of patients who undergone myocardial revascularization surgery

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of patients who underwent revascularization surgery. Method: a descriptive, cross sectional study, with quantitative approach carried out with 75 patients. The questionnaire WHOQOL-Bref was used to evaluate the quality of life (QOL). Results: patient...

Self-esteem and health-related quality of life in ostomized patients

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess self-esteem (SE) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ostomized patients due to colorectal cancer. Method: cross sectional research with a quantitative approach. Three instruments were used for data collection: one instrument containing sociodemographic and clinic...