TAILIEUCHUNG - Health related quality of life among the elderly: a population-based study using SF-36 survey

As life expectancy continues to rise, one of the greatest challenges of public health is to improve the quality of later years of life. The aim of this present study was to analyze the quality of life profile of the elderly across different demographic and socioeconomic factors. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two stages, involving 1,958 individuals aged 60 years or more. Health related quality of life (HRQOL) was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire. The lowest scores were found among measures for vitality, mental health and general health and the highest among factors including social functioning and role limitations due to emotional and physical factors. HRQOL was found to be worse among. | ARTIGO ARTICLE 2159 Health related quality of life among the elderly a population-based study using SF-36 survey Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde em idosos avaliada com o uso do SF-36 em estudo de base populacional Margareth Guimarães Lima 1 Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros 1 Chester Luiz Galvão César 2 Moisés Goldbaum 3 Luana Carandina 4 Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli 5 Abstract 1 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Universidade Estadual de Campinas Campinas Brasil. 2 Faculdade de Saúde Pública Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brasil. 3 Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brasil. 4 Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Universidade Estadual Paulista Botucatu Brasil. 5 Departamento de Medicina Universidade Federal de São Paulo São Paulo Brasil. Correspondence M. B. A. Barros Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Universidade Estadual de Campinas. C. P. 6111 Campinas SP 13083-970 Brasil. mariilsa@ As life expectancy continues to rise one of the greatest challenges of public health is to improve the quality of later years of life. The aim of this present study was to analyze the quality of life profile of the elderly across different demographic and socioeconomic factors. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two stages involving 1 958 individuals aged 60 years or more. Health related quality of life HRQOL was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire. The lowest scores were found among measures for vitality mental health and general health and the highest among factors including social functioning and role limitations due to emotional and physical factors. HRQOL was found to be worse among women in individuals at advanced ages those who practiced evangelical religions and those with lower levels of income and schooling. The greatest differences in SF-36 scores between the categories were observed in functional capacity and physical factors. The results suggest that healthcare programs for the elderly .

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