Abstract

GARCIA ROCHE, René G. et al. Quality of life related to health of elderlies in our country, 2001. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2010, vol.48, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3003.

World population aging and of Cuba is a demographic phenomenon associated with the scientific and technical revolution of XX century; its consequences joined to sociodemographic characteristics may to affect the quality of life. The aim of present paper is to characterize the quality of life related to health of elderlies in our country, to data from the II National Survey of Risk Factors of Non-communicable diseases of Cuba for 2001. Authors estimated absolute numbers, means, percentages and odds ratio with their 95 % confidence intervals. Confuse effect of variables was controlled using a logistic regression model. Quality of life related to an optimal health significantly improved with the increasing schooling of subjects from the primary school up to university level from 36.2 % to 52.6 %, OR = 1.1 (1.019; 1.266). There was worsening with age increase, OR = 0.96 (9.953; 0.973); a unfavorable perception of economic situation, OR = 0.61 (0.491; 0.766) and to be of female sex, OR = 0.47 (0.416; 0.540). Some socioeconomic variables influenced on the quality of life related to health of elderlies and to magnitude of this influence must to be assessed to approach this age group.

Keywords : Quality of life related to health; elderlies; sociodemographic characteristic related to quality of life.

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