Evaluation of quality of life of visually impaired

to evaluate the quality of life of visually impaired using WHOQOL-100. exploratory, descriptive, and quantitative study, performed between April and May 2013 with 20 visually impaired of the Blind Association of Ceará, through interviews. the analysis showed that males predominated (80%), 41-55 year...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de enfermagem 2016-01, Vol.69 (1), p.64-70
Main Authors: Rebouças, Cristiana Brasil de Almeida, de Araújo, Moziane Mendonça, Braga, Fernanda Cavalcante, Fernandes, Giselle Taveira, Costa, Samira Cavalcante
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nursing
Quality of Life
Religion
Spirituality
Vision Disorders - psychology
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Summary:to evaluate the quality of life of visually impaired using WHOQOL-100. exploratory, descriptive, and quantitative study, performed between April and May 2013 with 20 visually impaired of the Blind Association of Ceará, through interviews. the analysis showed that males predominated (80%), 41-55 years (40%), students (50%) and personal income than the minimum wage (70%). Participants were self-rated with good quality of life (68.75%). The facets with the highest rates were personal relationships (74.06%), sexual activity (66.88%) and spirituality/religion/personal beliefs (65%). With lower rates were financial (43.44%), physical environment: pollution/noise/traffic/climate (46.88%), physical security and protection (37.19%), transport (35.63%) and medication or treatment dependency (8.25%). these results reflect the importance of the nurse to perform health education actions promoting the empowerment, autonomy and guaranteed of access in society for this clientele.
ISSN:0034-7167
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167.2016690110i