Objetivo: Determinar la sobrecarga de trabajo y la calidad de vida del cuidador principal del adulto mayor atendido en un consultorio de geriatría. Metodología: Estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, de corte transversal, realizado con 183 adultos mayores y sus respectivos cuidadores atendidos en un consul...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to identify the socioeconomic and health conditions associated with quality of life of elderly quilombolas. Cross-sectional, epidemiological and census study, conducted with 427 elderly individuals of a quilombola population enrolled in Family Health Strategies of 17 quilombas c...
Objective.To describe the quality of life (QL), knowledge and attitude of the elderly with diabetes mellitus (DM) and to correlate the QL with the knowledge and the attitude of the elderly. Method. It is a cross-sectional study of household inquiry type and developed with 296 elderly with DM. The used in...
Resumen:Introducción:El objetivo de este artículo es presentar los resultados del proyecto de investigación N°.421-B1-234 de la Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad de Costa Rica, Práctica de enfermería basada en la evidencia para mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas adultas mayores,el cu...
Quality of life and depression are relevant to the health of the elderly. Studies indicate a positive association between religiosity and health. This study investigated quality of life, depressive symptoms and their relationship with religiosity in the elderly. The study included 287 older people from a...
The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship of sociodemographic characteristics and activity overload with the quality of life of relative caregivers of elderly dependents at home. This is an epidemiological, transversal study, conducted with 58 relative caregivers of elderly people regis...
Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os determinantes do envelhecimento ativo em idosos de 60 a 70 anos, residentes em Rodeio-SC. Estudo quantitativo, do tipo exploratório-descritivo, cuja coleta de dados ocorreu entre abril e agosto de 2011. Foram entrevistados 264 idosos em seus domicílios, utiliza...
Esta pesquisa objetivou descrever o perfil sociodemográfico e a qualidade de vida dos idosos, e mapear e identificar áreas de menores escores de qualidade de vida. Estudo descritivo, transversal e observacional. Foram entrevistados 2.142 idosos no domicílio, com instrumentos WHOQOL-BREF e WHOQOL-OLD, ...
Pesquisa que objetivou descrever o perfil sociodemográfico, capacidade funcional e morbidades de idosos, e verificar a associação da qualidade de vida com o número de incapacidade funcional e de morbidades. Estudo analítico e transversal realizado com 2.142 idosos. Os dados foram coletados no domic...
This case study identifies the elements that compose the Quality of Life (QofL) of individuals who were 75 years old or older and receive care at home. The studys sample was composed of individuals 75 years or older cared for by a home health care service in the primary health care unit in Vilafranca d...
