[PDF] Top 20 Factors associated with the quality of life of older people

... sists of 36 items on a scale ranging from 0 (lower health status) to 100 (higher health ...status). The items are organized into eight dimensions, divid- ed into two scales: a physical component (physical ... See full document

... Definition of quality of life in people with ...determine quality of life of people with disabilities according to age, gender and ... See full document

... scores of the WHOQOL-Bref domains were not affected by the presence and clinical charac- teristics of the wounds when compared to the averages between the ...Regarding ... See full document

... degree of knowledge on the factors contributing or determining its genesis and persistence in our ...for the emergence of negative attitudes toward older people at both ... See full document

... impairment of V-RQOL in questions 1, 2 and 9, which refer to the difficulties in speaking loudly or being heard in noisy environments, the air ending quickly and having to breathe many times while ... See full document

... preoperative factors currently associated with a decrease in the quality of life after thoracic sympathectomy for treatment of palmar hyperhidrosis are surgical ... See full document

... out with 157 teachers from a federal public institution of vocational and techno- logical education, who answered the World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire ... See full document

... although the health-related quality of life of university students is good, it can be seriously affected by the presence of mental disorders and chronic ...aware of ... See full document

... analyze the scientific evidence addressing factors associated with impacts on the quality of life of patients submitted to myocardial ...in the ... See full document

... sample of 120 active elderly subjects recruited from two open universities of the third age in the cities of São Paulo and São José dos Campos (Southeastern Brazil) between May 2005 and ... See full document

... those with severe and profound hearing im- pairment, has an effect on their communication and development, which in turn can have a sig- nificant impact on their ...evaluate the quality of ... See full document

... Among the advantages, we can mention its large population-based ...Among the limitations, we can mention the cross-sectional nature of the study, which does not allow establishing ... See full document

... Thus, the aging process is typically characterized by notable declines of the control and the organization of movements, among the most prominent there are the depressed ... See full document

... evaluated the quality of life (QOL) of many groups; however, such studies in relation to Reference Centers for the Elderly are ...identified factors associat- ed ... See full document

... sample of 183 adults with DM2, 93 of whom were treated with NPH insulin and 90 with insulin glargine, through the application of the Audit of Diabetes ... See full document

... patients with non-visible keloids presented a signiicantly higher score in the questionnaire QualiFibro physical domain, perhaps because most lesions located in the presternal area were from many ... See full document

... analyze the sci- entific literature on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of adolescents with type 1 diabetes ...in the period 2003-2013 that re- flected the ... See full document

... investigation of health-related quality of life over time among men with HIV infection in the HAART ...Qual Life Res 2007; ...F. Quality of life ... See full document

... consisted of pain history: intensity using simple verbal scale graded in 5 intensity levels (0= no pain till 4=maximum ...minimize the bias on pain assessment (Direcção-Geral da Saúde, 2003; Andrade, ... See full document

... However, quality of life of individuals does not only depend on generically assessed HrQoL, as for instance measured by the EQ- 5D, but also depends on other, non-health dimensions ... See full document