Qualidade de vida do idoso ribeirinho da Amazônia

Charles  Richardson Moreira da Costa; Andreia  Silva Rodrigues; Ana Caroline  da Silva Pereira de Araújo; Nádia  Barreto dos Santos; Renato  da Costa Teixeira; Soanne Chyara  Soares Lira

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i62p5236-5249

Authors

Charles Richardson Moreira da Costa
Andreia Silva Rodrigues
Ana Caroline da Silva Pereira de Araújo
Nádia Barreto dos Santos
Renato da Costa Teixeira
Soanne Chyara Soares Lira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i62p5236-5249

Keywords:

Quality of life, Elderly, Ageing of the population, Urban population, The Rural Population

Abstract

AIM: This work aimed to evaluate the quality of life of the elderly in the region and in urban Riverside Amazon context. METHOD: The questionnaire was used World Health Organization Quality of Life-bref in 79 seniors, being the region's 43 Riverside municipality of Cametá-PA and 36 in the metropolitan region of Belém-PA, and analyzed by descriptive statistics and student T test by adopting a level of significance of 0.05. RESULTS: In General, the perception of quality of life (p = 0.154) and satisfaction with health (p = 0.928) is the same between coastal and urban seniors. In specific areas, bordering analysis have better quality of life in the psychological aspect (p = 0.042), social relations (p = 0.021) and environment (p = 0.001), when compared to the elderly. In addition, in more detailed analysis for each domain the bordering have more satisfactory results in almost 50% of the items in the questionnaire. CONCLUSION: the elderly have high life quality riparian areas, social relations and psychological environment when compared to the elderly.

Author Biographies

Charles Richardson Moreira da Costa

Physiotherapist, post-graduate in trauma-orthopedic physiotherapy and sports physiotherapy from Faculdade Integrada da Amazônia.

Andreia Silva Rodrigues

Physiotherapist, postgraduate in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, and postgraduate student in adult intensive care at Faculdade Inspirar.

Ana Caroline da Silva Pereira de Araújo

Physiotherapist, graduate student in integrative acupuncture at Faculdade Inspirar.

Nádia Barreto dos Santos

Physiotherapist, post-graduated in gerontology from Centro Universitário do Pará and in the multidisciplinary residency modality from Universidade Federal do Pará, master in collective health from Universidade Federal do Pará.

Renato da Costa Teixeira

Physiotherapist, PhD in Education from PUC-Rio, professor of the physiotherapy course and the postgraduate program in Health Education in the Amazon at the State University of Pará.

Soanne Chyara Soares Lira

Physiotherapist, master in neuroscience and cell biology from the State University of Pará, doctoral student in Health Education in the Amazon. Pará University Center - CESUPA (Belém / Pará / Brazil). Pará State University (Belém / Pará / Brazil) - Functional Health and Quality of Life Research Group.