Análise da qualidade de vida de pessoas idosas participantes de uma universidade aberta à terceira idade

Abstract

With the accelerated population aging process, one of the concerns is associated with the quality of life of these people. The present study aimed to evaluate the perception of quality of life of elderly people who are part of the Universidade Aberta à Terceira Idade program of the Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UnATI/UFAL, in association with gender, age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. Material and method: the Europe Health Interview Surveys - Quality of Life (EUROHIS-QOL-8) questionnaire was applied to 23 elderly with 23 seniors aged between 60 and 74 years, 20 women and 3 men. The quality of life found among the participants was considered good, the final score revealed a minimum score of 35.0; maximum of 90.0; median of 77.5; interquartile range of 18.5 and mean of 72.1 with a standard deviation of 14.5. The internal consistency of the Eurohis-Qol-8 was good, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.82. No significant differences (p≥0.05) were observed for the final QoL scores between the subgroups of gender, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, age group and education. Thus, it is concluded that UnATI participants have a good quality of life perception, considering the reliability of the responses obtained.