Quality of life of elderly: literature review

• Main Authors: Cinara Maria Feitosa Beleza, Maria do Livramento Fortes Figueiredo, Claudete Ferreira de Souza Monteiro, Maria Eliete Batista Moura, David Bernar Oliveira Guimarães, Vanessa Caminha Aguiar Lopes
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Alicante 2013-09-01
• Series: Cultura de los Cuidados
• Subjects: qualidade de vida; idoso; revisão da literatura
• Online Access: https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2013-n36-qualidade-de-vida-de-idosos-revisao-da-literatura

This is a literature review that investigated scientific production on quality of life of seniors. The articles were collected in SciELO database and identified the following variables: most studied topics, year and methodological approach of the publications. We identified 56 articles, of which 23 related quality of life to other health indicators, the greatest year of publication was 2011 and the quantitative approach was prevalent in the sample. The studies led to apprehend that the assessment of quality of life should be merged into nursing glimpsing the optimization of physical and mental health in the elderly.