A qualidade de vida em idosos está relacionada ao consumo de vinho?

Abstract

Introduction: the needs of the elderly population must be observed by an integral approach. In this context, quality of life is a tangible measure of integrality, defined as the perception of the individual in his context. Its assessment permeates habits such as wine consumption. Objective: to investigate the association between quality of life and wine consumption in the elderly in two cities of Rio Grande do Sul. Methodology: cross-sectional study of sociodemographic variables, wine consumption and quality of life score, WHOQOL-OLD in 64 elderly people allocated into social groups in the year of 2019. The association was calculated by Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests. Results: the sample consisted mainly of women (70.3%, n=45) aged between 66 and 70 years (45.3%, n=29) and the average quality of life was 73.5 ± 12.3. There was no significant difference in quality of life related to wine consumption (p = 0.39). In the cut-off of wine consumers (n = 25), the quality of life was higher than the average in those who consumed daily frequency (p = 0.01), with a prevalence ratio of 2.00 (CI 95%: 0,26-15,20). Conclusion: higher than average quality of life is associated with the daily wine consumption in elderly belonging to social groups. The probability of the outcome is about twice likely to happen as in relation to sporadic consumers.