Quality of life among older adults resident in long-stay care facilities

Authors

  • Luciano Magalhães Vitorino Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Lisiane Manganelli Girardi Paskulin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Escola Paulista de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600022

Keywords:

Quality of Life, Aging, Aged, Homes for the Aged

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the older adults' perceptions of their quality of life (QoL) in two long-stay care facilities in Pouso Alegre and Santa Rita in Sapucaí, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil , and to identify the sociodemographic and health variables which interfere in this perception. METHOD: a cross-sectional epidemiological study of 77 older adults resident in institutions. The instruments used were: personal characterization; WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL OLD. RESULT: the highest average obtained in the instruments was: the "Social Relationships" domain in the WHOQOL-bref (68%) and the "Sensory abilities" aspect in the WHOQOL-OLD (73.7%). The variables age, sex, physical activity and level of schooling have a significant correlation with the WHOQOL-bref and the variables sex and leisure have the same with the WHOQOL OLD. CONCLUSION: older adults who are younger, with higher levels of schooling and who undertake physical and leisure activity have, on average, better perceptions of their QoL. The older adults' QoL in this study had higher rates than that reported in the literature and was similar to that in the community. The results suggest the need to train those involved with older adults in institutions so that they may develop strategies which promote the adaptation, adjustment and maintenance of QoL.

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Published

2012-12-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 6 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Quality of life among older adults resident in long-stay care facilities . (2012). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(6), 1186-1195. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600022