Assessment of quality of life related to health of the elderly through the SF-12

• Autor(a) principal: Cruz,Keila Cristianne Trindade da
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Oliveira,Déborah Cristina de, D'EIboux,Maria José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/192
• topic: Aged, quality of life, geriatrics

<p><b>Objective:</b> Identify and characterize population-based studies using the SF-12 as a means of evaluating the elderly's quality of life related to health (HRQoL). Integrative literature review about population-based studies that used the SF-12 as a means of evaluating the HRQoL of individuals aged sixty years or older in the last five years.<br> We selected eighteen articles that used the SF-12 to assess prediction of hospitalization and mortality in elderly community, program evaluation and health services, assessments and treatments for health conditions and evaluation of psychometric measures. The population-based studies were composed of community elders. The SF-12 instrument was considered a short, understandable, quick and with good psychometric measures. We recommend their application as an interview to ensure the assessment of HRQOL in the elderly.</p>