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

Authors

  • Anny Caroline Dedicação Gerontology Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein.
  • 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

Keywords:

Unified Health System, Menopause, Developing countries.

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Anny Caroline Dedicação, Gerontology Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein.

Gerontology Multiprofessional Residency Program, Hospital Albert Einstein.

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.

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Published

2019-06-30

How to Cite

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

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Papers

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