Quality of life: comparison between the elderly in a Brazilian community and the institutionalized elderly
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i1p37-54Keywords:
Quality of Life, Aging, Institution of Long Stay for the Elderly (ILPI).Abstract
The objective of this study was to compare the quality of life among elderly people living in a Brazilian community, and elderly people living in long - term care institutions. It is a comparative, cross-sectional and quantitative study. The institutionalized elderly showed statistically significant lower scores in all domains of quality of life when compared to the elderly living in the community. Living in a long-term institution seems to be a factor that compromises the quality of life of the elderly living there.
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2018-03-30
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Dias, E. N., & Pais-Ribeiro, J. L. (2018). Quality of life: comparison between the elderly in a Brazilian community and the institutionalized elderly. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 21(1), 37–54. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2018v21i1p37-54
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