The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged

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Autor(a) principal: Almeida, AJPS
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10348/1398
Resumo: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 93 aged people, divided among four institutions in the municipality of Lamego (Portugal). The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life of the sample and the factors affecting it, and identify the degree of dependence in basic daily living activities. The data was collected using the following: i) a bio-relational questionnaire, ii) a quality of life evaluation scale, and iii) the Katz Index. In terms of the quality of life of the institutionalized aged people, 51.6% include themselves in the group with quality of life, and it was observed there was a positive correlation between the Katz index and the quality of life index in the institutionalized aged people. There were no differences in the quality of life index regarding gender, marital status, degree of education, and the presence of pain in the institutionalized aged people.
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title The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
spellingShingle The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
Almeida, AJPS
aged
homes for the aged
quality of life
title_short The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
title_full The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
title_fullStr The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
title_full_unstemmed The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
title_sort The quality of life of aged people living in homes for the aged
author Almeida, AJPS
author_facet Almeida, AJPS
Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira
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Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv aged
homes for the aged
quality of life
topic aged
homes for the aged
quality of life
description This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 93 aged people, divided among four institutions in the municipality of Lamego (Portugal). The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life of the sample and the factors affecting it, and identify the degree of dependence in basic daily living activities. The data was collected using the following: i) a bio-relational questionnaire, ii) a quality of life evaluation scale, and iii) the Katz Index. In terms of the quality of life of the institutionalized aged people, 51.6% include themselves in the group with quality of life, and it was observed there was a positive correlation between the Katz index and the quality of life index in the institutionalized aged people. There were no differences in the quality of life index regarding gender, marital status, degree of education, and the presence of pain in the institutionalized aged people.
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