2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2010000800018
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Elaboração e avaliação da confiabilidade de um instrumento para medição da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de idosos independentes

Abstract: This study presents an instrument, the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 , em função da necessidade de se conhecer os resultados da aplicação de intervenções sobre o estado de saúde, principalmente no domínio da funcionalidade e bem-estar, e de avaliar a eficiência da aplicação dessas intervenções.Vários sistemas de medição de qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde surgiram nos últimos 30 anos e, com o aumento dos custos e a incapacidade do sistema de saúde de ofer… Show more

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“…Knowledge of both the health levels and the QOL of the elderly is important to understanding the naturally more vulnerable reality of this population group, and can help to minimize the demands on health services and assist in developing strategies to improve the situation. 35 It is important to note that although this study is representative of the studied population and relevant in terms of recording indicators of health and the life of older people living in the central sertão of the northeast, a region that is historically neglected, it has some limitations. Among these are the cross-sectional design, which precludes the establishment of a cause and effect relationship between health status and QOL, and the use of information reported by the elderly without the measurement of the variables or diagnostics of these pathologies.…”
Section: Stopmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Knowledge of both the health levels and the QOL of the elderly is important to understanding the naturally more vulnerable reality of this population group, and can help to minimize the demands on health services and assist in developing strategies to improve the situation. 35 It is important to note that although this study is representative of the studied population and relevant in terms of recording indicators of health and the life of older people living in the central sertão of the northeast, a region that is historically neglected, it has some limitations. Among these are the cross-sectional design, which precludes the establishment of a cause and effect relationship between health status and QOL, and the use of information reported by the elderly without the measurement of the variables or diagnostics of these pathologies.…”
Section: Stopmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the absence of studies that address the variable of the present study that questions respondents about when they will become elderly, there are no studies that speak about the subject in an isolated form, nevertheless, we observe that it is possible to have a healthy, independent, and enjoyable aging processo 8,9,10,11,17 . The study by Moreira, Alves and Silva characterizes in a quite clear and objective manner the rights of the elderly, a perception of the students about these rights and about old age itself 12 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…The quality of life, the perception of health, symptoms, physical function, psychological function, and social function of independent elderly people that frequent outpatient programs were evaluated utilizing the instrument of the study. The study involved 45 items for evaluation of the cited criteria, and through this evaluation one may obtain facts about what should be given differential attention in cases of interventions for the elderly, both in their status, physical, mental as in their general state 9 . A study with 100 functionally independent elderly people in which they actually responded to positive and negative issues related to their day to day and there after we obtained the statistical results to consider since then intervention programs, promotion al health programs and quality of life 10 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1) A medição de QV na velhice tem sido grandemente valorizada nas últimas décadas, em função da necessidade de se conhecer os resultados e a eficiência da aplicação de intervenções de saúde, análise de políticas públicas e avaliação de cuidados prestados, principalmente no domínio da funcionalidade e bem-estar (Lima; Portela, 2010. Paskulin et al, 2010.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified