Mensuração da qualidade de vida de idosos em centros de convivência

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Objective – Considering that the Brazilian population has been increasing steeply it is of great importance to evaluate the quality of life of the elderly. This research is quantitative and of exploratory, transversal and descriptive characteristics. It was developed in the sociability areas of two reference centers for the elderly located in the city of São Paulo. The objectives of this study were: mensurate the quality of life of the elderly who enter the sociability centers and identify their biopsycosocial needs. Methods – The instruments for quality of life evaluation WHOLQOL-Breve and WHOQOL-Old as well as the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) were used for the collection of data. In order to be analysed data were stored in the EPIDATA data bank and transported to the Software Statistic Package for Social Science (SPSS) Programme for Windows version 17.0. Results – The sample consisted of 166 elderly, from 60 to 83 years old, predominantly women and the age average was 65,9 years. Most of the sample considered having a good quality of life and reported they were satisfied with their current health condition. The average scores related to the dominium of WHOQOL-Breve and of WHOQOL-Old showed that psychological control prevailed as the highest rate, having as results the scores 70.7 for the WHOQOL-Breve and 67,4 for the WHOQOL-Old. From the GDS data it was possible to observe that 19,9% of the participants showed depressive symptoms. Conclusion – It is believed that these results will give subsidy to researchers in the aspect of improving the quality of life of the elderly who go to the sociability centers.