<b>A study about families from porto rico: pregarding their quality of life</b> - doi: 10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v11i1.18856

Abstract

The assessment of Quality of life is a perceptual process that may change over time. Study aimed to measure the perceptions of family members from the housing complexes in the town of Porto Rico, Paraná State, Brazil, regarding their Quality of Life, and determine the variables that most influenced the trends of those evaluations. Sample was comprised of 63 individuals representing each family. The Abbreviated Instrument for Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-bref) was applied. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software and the CHAID (1984) algorithm. These latter made possible the mapping of variables that interfered in the evaluations of each domain that make up the concept of Quality of Life. From the theoretical point of view, the study showed that Quality of Life depends on life and health conditions.  From the methodological point of view, the possibility of refining the analyses provided by this form of treatment advocates its use in similar studies.