Quality of life of deaf sign language users in the south of Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Israel Bispo dos
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Marques, Jair Mendes, Berberian, Ana Paula, Massi, Giselle Aparecida de Athayde, Tonocchi, Rita de Cássia, Guarinello, Ana Cristina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/7530
• topic: Deafness; Health promotion; Quality of life; Sign language; Saúde Coletiva; Promoção Saúde; Linguagem de sinais; Promoção da saúde; Qualidade de vida; Surdez; Saúde coletiva; promoção da saúde

This study aims to investigate deaf users of the Brazilian Sign Language, who live in the South of Brazil, quality of life using the WHOQOL-Bref, and to analyze health related quality of life factors that influence this population. It is a quantitative transversal study, and data was collected by application of WHOOQL-Bref, in addition of a questionnaire with the sample profile. Sixty deaf sign language users from the South of Brazil participated in the survey. Statistical analysis was used by description statistic methods and inferential methods at a 5% level of significance. The results showed that the mean score of the WHOOQL-Bref questionnaire was 43,3%. The highest scores was in the domain of social relations (64,31%), and the lowest ones is in the environment domain (54,77%). Deaf participants with better education levels, which perceive themselves as proficient users of the Portuguese language, had higher quality of life scores. The commitment to the QoL of the Brazilian society, including deaf population, focus of this research work, presupposes the formulation and fulfillment of public policies that aim the development of affirmative action’s that should overcome conditions of inequality and exclusion of these people, in order to assist the elimination of barriers that impede or hinder their participation in society.