2014
DOI: 10.12707/riii1314
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Perceção da qualidade de vida de um grupo de idosos

Abstract: Os idosos formam um núcleo relevante da população, tornando-se o estudo do processo de envelhecimento uma exigência no momento atual, e mais concretamente, o estudo da sua qualidade de vida. O principal objetivo deste trabalho consistiu em conhecer a perceção que os idosos têm da sua qualidade de vida. Tratou-se de um estudo exploratório-descritivo, transversal e de natureza qualitativa. Decorreu num Centro de Saúde da Região Centro de Portugal, trabalhando-se com uma amostra, obtida através do processo de sat… Show more

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“…Health is mentioned as a necessary and sometimes even paramount element of QoL, eg: “ Above all , being healthy is the most important thing to have quality of life , the rest comes as an extra ” ([37], p.76). The perception of health was partly determined by the extent to which older adults felt fit and active or suffered from physical, mental and cognitive disorders .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Health is mentioned as a necessary and sometimes even paramount element of QoL, eg: “ Above all , being healthy is the most important thing to have quality of life , the rest comes as an extra ” ([37], p.76). The perception of health was partly determined by the extent to which older adults felt fit and active or suffered from physical, mental and cognitive disorders .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…An older adult's social need looks differently in the Integrity versus Despair stage. Researchers found family involvement to be the most important social need for older adults, while having supportive friends and neighbors prevents loneliness and postpones institutionalization (Bernardo Gonçalves Marques et al 2014). Thus, as the social needs of individuals change as they reach different life stages, their view of social wellness will also change.…”
Section: Holistic Wellness and Agingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Marques, Sánchez and Vicario 13 , what generates quality of life is not actually money or financial assets, but health, peace, harmony, happiness, and also the satisfaction of "keeping busy, whether with leisure activities, volunteering, or work itself. It also means maintaining good interpersonal relationships and getting support from one's family, friends and neighbors."…”
Section: Money Does Not Bring Happinessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study by Marques, Sánchez and Vicario 13 with 48 elderly people in Portugal, focusing on the perception of quality of life, found under the element of economic conditions that money does not occupy a central role within the lives of such individuals and has a kind of supporting role. Subjective wellbeing and quality of life, however, are factors that are essential to promoting happiness.…”
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