Biopsychosocial factors associated with ageing and elders perception of life quality / Fatores biopsicossociais no envelhecimento e percepção da qualidade de vida do idoso

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

Considering the relevance of life quality among aging individuals, this study has been developed with the aim to compare factors that interfere with the perception of lifequality (PLQ) between two distinct groups of elderly requiring the support of two different institutions. One hundred and six pacients have been assessed between ages sixty and eighty of both sexes. Among these, forty eight were followed closely by the Geriatric Ambulatory of the Hospital das Clínicas at the Faculty of Medical Sciences - UNICAMP. The other group consisted of fifty eight subjects from the group of elderly of the Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC) from Campinas. The instruments used were: a valuation card of sociodemographic data, ie, physical activity, diseases/morbid states, number of medicines taken, stress factors, as well as the perception of their life quality in each of the cycles of life, such as infancy, adolescence, adulthood and old age; The International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI); questionnaire on life quality - WHOQOL - BREF. The results showed that the best perception of quality of life in the physical domain were related to physical activity and absence of pain, a good activity and good age, regular minor use of medication. In the psychological area of the elderly, the best life quality valuation was of those who did not present distimic disorder, reported a happy adolescence and old age, used less medication, and considered themselves happy. In the social sphere the best valuation of life quality was related to considering oneself as happy, presenting an absence of hipomania, no stress on account of loneliness, a good adolescence. As for the environmental domain, the best quality of life was associated with a good childhood and old age, a higher level of education, no disease as stressful event. These findings lead to a new appraisal of the concepts on old age and the aging process, considering the possibilities associated with a better life quality for the elderly. In this study the perception of the life cycles quality, the use of medication, physical activity, evidence of distimia and hipomania, level of education, reference to pains, solitude and disease as stressful events, interfered with the life quality of the valuated elderly

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social conditions comorbidity atividade fisica comorbidade physical activity life cycles stages saude mental elders condições sociais idosos mental health fases do ciclo de vida

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