Health related quality of life among the elderly: a population-based study using SF-36 survey Qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde em idosos, avaliada com o uso do SF-36 em estudo de base populacional

• Main Authors: Margareth Guimarães Lima (Author), Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros (Author), Chester Luiz Galvão César (Author), Moisés Goldbaum (Author), Luana Carandina (Author), Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As life expectancy continues to rise, one of the greatest challenges of public health is to improve the quality of later years of life. The aim of this present study was to analyze the quality of life profile of the elderly across different demographic and socioeconomic factors. A cross-sectional st...