Percepción de calidad de vida de adultos mayores en los centros geriátricos Fundación Santa Ana y Centro de Atención al Adulto Mayor de Cuenca, período 2020-2021

Abstract

The stage of older adulthood represents an age in which a series of biological, psychological, and social changes take place, bringing with them consequences that affect the perception of quality of life. The general objective of this study was to describe the quality of life according to sociodemographic variables: age, sex, education, marital status, personal pathological antecedents, and family coexistence of older adults in the Santa Ana Foundation and Cuenca Center for Elderly Care in the period 2020-2021. As specific objectives, we sought to determine the dimensions of quality of life that predominate in the older adults of both centers: as well as to identify which the highest score was according to whether or not they live in the center. The study approach was quantitative, cross-sectional, and had a non-experimental design and a descriptive scope. The type of sampling was non-probabilistic since the people subject to the study had to respond to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The participants were 90 people living or attending for certain periods in the two centers. A sociodemographic form and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF WHOQOL-BREF were used as research instruments. Data processing and analysis were carried out with the SPSS version 26 program, using descriptive statistics, and the results were presented in tables and figures. Finally, the study shows that the participants have a fairly high general perception of quality of life according to the variables analyzed