Escola Anna Nery (Jun 2012)

Fatores associados à qualidade de vida de idosos com osteoporose residentes na zona rural Factores asociados a la calidad de vida de ancianos con osteoporosis residentes en zonas rurales Factors associated to the quality of life for elderly people with osteoporosis, living at rural areas

  • Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares,
  • Nayara Cândida Gomes,
  • Flavia Aparecida Dias,
  • Nilce Maria de Freitas Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-81452012000200023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 2
pp. 371 – 378

Abstract

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Inquérito domiciliar transversal que objetivou mensurar a qualidade de vida de idosos rurais com osteoporose e verificar seus fatores associados. Utilizaram-se os instrumentos: estruturados World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) e Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment for Older Adults (WHOQOL-OLD). Procedeu-se análise descritiva, teste t-Student, Mann Whitney e regressão linear múltipla (p Pesquisa domiciliar transversal que tuvo como objetivo medir la calidad de vida de los ancianos rurales con osteoporosis y determinar los factores asociados. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron: estructurado, la calidad de la Organización Mundial de la Salud de la Vida-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) y Calidad de la Salud Organización de Evaluación de la Vida de los Adultos Mayores (WHOQOL-OLD). Se realizó un análisis descriptivo, prueba t de Student, prueba de Mann Whitney y la regresión lineal múltiple (pCross-sectional household survey whose objective was to measure the quality of life of rural elderly with osteoporosis, and verify the factors associated to them. The Instruments used were: structured, World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-BREF) and Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment for Older Adults (WHOQOL-OLD). We proceeded with a descriptive analysis, applying t-Student test, Mann Whitney test and multiple linear regression (p<0.05). The predominance was composed by females, 60 |- 70 years of age, married, 4|- 8 years of study, a minimum wage income, retired by age, a homemaker, satisfaction in meeting regular needs, full payout house owners living with their spouses. The lowest scores were associated to a greater number of morbidities, to the lack of education and to the minor age. This study put in evidence the need of actions, such as follow-up and monitoring the health of this population in order to minimize the impact on quality of life.

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