Campolina Alessandro Gonçalves, Dini Patrícia Skolaude, Ciconelli Rozana Mesquita
Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-900.
Cien Saude Colet. 2011 Jun;16(6):2919-25. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232011000600029.
The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of chronic disease on the quality of life of elderly people living in São Paulo (SP, Brazil).
cross-sectional study of individuals over 60; application of a standardized questionnaire and the Short-Form 36 item questionnaire. Statistical analysis describes the clinical and demographic data and ANOVA was used for the correlation of the SF-36 domains with age and the number of morbidities. 353 individuals were evaluated. The mean age was 71.6 years, with 48.7% men and 51.3% women. The women presented the worst levels of quality of life in all domains evaluated. ANOVA revealed significant variation in the quality of life in several areas as the number of morbidities increased. The most compromised domain was physical aspects (p<0.05). The same analysis, applied to the average of the domains by age group, showed an inverse relation of Functional Capacity (p<0.05) with age. The increase in the number of morbidities and the increasing age significantly affect several areas of quality of life in the elderly. The SF-36 appears to be a valid instrument for assessing quality of life of the elderly Brazilian population.
本文旨在评估慢性病对居住在巴西圣保罗的老年人生活质量的影响。
对60岁以上个体进行横断面研究；应用标准化问卷和简短36项问卷。统计分析描述临床和人口统计学数据，方差分析用于SF-36各领域与年龄及疾病数量的相关性分析。共评估了353名个体。平均年龄为71.6岁，男性占48.7%，女性占51.3%。在所有评估领域中，女性的生活质量水平最差。方差分析显示，随着疾病数量增加，生活质量在几个方面存在显著差异。受影响最大的领域是身体方面（p<0.05）。按年龄组对各领域平均值进行同样的分析，结果显示功能能力与年龄呈负相关（p<0.05）。疾病数量增加和年龄增长显著影响老年人生活质量的多个方面。SF-36似乎是评估巴西老年人群生活质量的有效工具。
