La calidad de vida en los adultos mayores y su percepción en la calidad de la atención de Enfermería

Abstract

The present work investigates the importance of the quality of life (QL) in major adults (MA) and the perception of the care quality in nursery (QAN). The object was to know the perception of the QAN that the MA have according to their socio-demographic, health and QL characteristics. During June of 2006 with the support of academicians and students of the ENEO were polled MA in three centres of medical attention in diverse geographical points in Mexico City. Results: were polled 82 MA, 52 women and 30 men. The assigned qualification to (QAN) was assigned as “very good” or “good” in 80%, the correlation analysis between the (QL) and the (QAN) showed a low correlation. Conclusions were, in general that the MA have a good opinion of the (QAN), women have a better opinion of men, the unfavourable opinions are increased as increases the age, the low educative level, the poverty and the severity of the diagnosis, the most favourable opinions are related to the greater necessity of care, apparently the QL does not determine the perception on the QAN when the necessity of care is minimum.