Qualidade de vida em idosos de uma estratégia de saúde da família em um município do norte gaúcho

Abstract

The present work aimed to evaluate the quality of life in the elderly of a Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a municipality of northern gaucho. This is a cross-sectional study in which a sociodemographic questionnaire was applied followed by the Whoqol-old scale. The sample of elderly comprised all residents of the territory of the FHS, of both sexes, who were 70 years old and older and who were not institutionalized. Eighty-six interviewees were included in the study, with a greater predominance of individuals aged between 70 and 75 years (53.4%) and females (61.7%). It was observed that 46.5% of the elderly consider their health regular, and, according to data collected from the Whoqol-old scale, an overall average score of 78 ± 9.8 in quality of life was identified, with higher values observed in the facets. "Death and dying" and "sensory functioning".