Health related quality of life, depression and climacteric symptoms in women from a low-income community

Autores

  • Anny Caroline Dedicação Tutor, Gerontololy Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein
  • Mariana Arias Avila Mariana Arias Avila – Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.
  • Maria Elisabete Salina Saldanha Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Universidade de São Paulo, UNICID.
  • Ana Silvia Moccellin Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Federal University of Sergipe, UFS.
  • Tatiana de Oliveira Sato Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.
  • Patricia Driusso Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i2p265-278

Palavras-chave:

, Menopause, Developing countries.Unified Health System

Resumo

Purpose: To evaluate health-related quality of life, depressive and climacteric symptoms in Southeastern low-income community-dwelling climacteric women from Brazil. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study. Outcome measures were quality of life, depression and climacteric symptoms. Results and conclusion: Participants presented impaired quality of life, and an expressive number of them presented moderate and severe depression and moderate severity climacteric symptoms.

Biografia do Autor

Anny Caroline Dedicação, Tutor, Gerontololy Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein

Tutor, Gerontololy Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein

 

Mariana Arias Avila, Mariana Arias Avila – Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

 

Maria Elisabete Salina Saldanha, Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Universidade de São Paulo, UNICID.

Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Universidade de São Paulo, UNICID.

 

Ana Silvia Moccellin, Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Federal University of Sergipe, UFS.

Professor, Physical Therapy Course, Federal University of Sergipe, UFS.

Tatiana de Oliveira Sato, Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

Patricia Driusso, Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, UFSCar.

Publicado

2019-06-30

Como Citar

Dedicação, A. C., Avila, M. A., Saldanha, M. E. S., Moccellin, A. S., Sato, T. de O., & Driusso, P. (2019). Health related quality of life, depression and climacteric symptoms in women from a low-income community. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 22(2), 265–278. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2019v22i2p265-278

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