Quality of life of elderly in a long-stay care facility in the city of Teresina-PI
Acta sci., Health sci
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44: e57334, Jan. 14, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
The purposeof this research was to evaluate the quality of life of elderly people in a Long-Stay Care Facility for the Elderly (ILPI) in the city of Teresina. This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative methodology. Data collection was carried out between March and April 2019, through the application of the Pentacle of Well-being questionnaire for the elderly at a Long-stay Care Facility in the city of Teresina-PI. Data analysis was performed using the Tabwin 4.1.4 program. Twenty elderly people were interviewed and as to the profile found, 45% (n = 9) were between 80 and 89 years old and 50% (n = 10) were female and male. Regarding the questionnaire, the components nutrition, preventive behavior, social relationship and stress control showed satisfactory results, except for the component 'physical activity', in which 65% (n = 13) of the elderly rarely perform any physical activity. The lifestyle of the elderly is considered satisfactory, however, the Physical Activity component showed an unsatisfactory result.
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Asunto principal:
Calidad de Vida
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Anciano
Tipo de estudio:
Estudios de evaluación
Límite:
Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Acta sci., Health sci
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
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Sa£de P£blica
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Centro Universitário UniFacid-Wyden/BR
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Universidade Federal do Piauí/BR
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