Quality of life of elderly people with chronic noncommunicable diseases

Objective:This work aimed to describe the sociodemographic and economic profile and to analyze the quality of lifeof elderly people with chronic noncommunicable diseases. Methods:It is a descriptive and quantitative study. Thirty-eight elderly individuals diagnosed with chronic noncommunicable diseases took part in the research. For data collection, a sociodemographic and economic form and the Short-Form Quality of lifeQuestionnaire (SF-36) were applied. Statistical Package for Social Science was utilized to analyze the data, and the variables were presented by means of frequencies, percentages, median, minimum, maximum, and standard deviation (M ± SD). The level of significance adopted was of 0.05. Results: All the elderly participants were female, 52.6% were widowed,42.1% white 42.1% lived alone, (42,1%), were between 71 and 75 years old, 39.5% hadelementary I schooling level, 55.3% live with incomefrom one to two minimum wages. Regarding the qualityof life, the functional capacity domainpresented the highest score in the assessment and social aspects were the lowest. Conclusion: These work findings indicate that NCCDs influence the elderly people quality of life, and that participation in peer groups can contribute to physical, social, and mental aspects, enabling a better quality of lifefor these individuals.