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Educación Médica Superior

Print version ISSN 0864-2141On-line version ISSN 1561-2902

Abstract

OZAMIZ ETXEBARRIA, Naiara; IONESCU VLAD, Cristina  and  ORTIZ JAUREGUI, Miren Agurtzane. Quality of Life in Retired Persons Studying at University of the Basque Country. Educ Med Super [online]. 2019, vol.33, n.2, e1749.  Epub Feb 29, 2020. ISSN 0864-2141.

Introduction:

The most important factors to have adequate quality of life are physical health, psychological health, social relationships and the environment, which vary according to the activities that people do daily. Although life expectancy rates have increased today, habits and behaviors that affect optimal human performance persist.

Objective:

To assess the impact of the university on the good quality of life of retired people.

Methods:

A descriptive, prevalence and cross-sectional study was carried out. Four domains were measured using WHOQOL-BREF in 54 retired students aged over 55, in the classrooms of experience of University of the Basque Country.

Results:

The results showed that retired people who attended the college for older adults generally had good quality of life.

Conclusions:

This study showed that the university for retired people constitutes an experience that maintains physical and psychological health, and social and environmental relations.

Keywords : quality of life; retirement; higher education.

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