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Revista Salud Uninorte
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5552versión On-line ISSN 2011-7531
Resumen
VILLARREAL AMARIS, GLORIA ESTHER; PEREZ AGUAS, CLAUDIA PATRICIA y USTA CARRILLO, ADELA. Health and self-perceived quality of life of older adults in a Colombian Caribbean municipality. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.1, pp.35-50. Epub 04-Abr-2023. ISSN 0120-5552. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.1.613.042.
Objective:
To determine the relationship between quality of life and self-perceived health of the elderly treated in Health Services facilities of the elderly from a Colombian municipally Caribbean 2019.
Method:
A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with an obervational design and a correlational pase, in a sample of 365 probabilistically selected older adults, who older adult program in the different health service providers from a Colombian municipally Caribbean. A sociodemographic survey, multicultural quality of life index and self-perceived health questionnaire were applied. Descriptive statistics and a multivariate logistic regression model were used. The confidentiality of the information, the anonymity of the participants, and the informed consent were filled out.
Results:
The overall perception of quality of life was 54%deficient as a regular, 56 % self-perceive their health as positive; and 44 % (161) as negative. The dimensions with the highest scores were Psychosocial Welfare (55%), Self-Care and Functioning (52 %), Interpersonal Functioning (52 %), Spiritual Satisfaction (60 %) and with lower score: physical well-being (51 %), social support (50) and personal satisfaction (51 %).
Conclution:
Tere was a relationship in the variables of quality of life and self-perceived health in terms of greater autonomy there is a good perception of health, but to greater physical deterioration, interpersonal dissatisfaction, poor social support older adults have low overall perception of their quality of life and health.
Palabras clave : quality of life; health; older adult; perception. (Source: DeCS; Bireme).