The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The interconnections between quality of life and health status as assessed via questionnaires have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate a possible correlation between the constructs of general health status and quality of life as ass...
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| author | Carlos Zubaran Karina Persch Desire Tarso Ana Ioppi Juan Mezzich |
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| description | CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The interconnections between quality of life and health status as assessed via questionnaires have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate a possible correlation between the constructs of general health status and quality of life as assessed by the Portuguese versions of two questionnaires recently adapted and tested in Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a cross-sectional study in which two self-administered questionnaires were used. This investigation was conducted at healthcare services associated with the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil. METHODS: This study presents data from a sample of 120 volunteers who completed the Portuguese versions of the Personal Health Scale and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index questionnaires. Bivariate linear regression analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients were generated from the scores of the two questionnaires. RESULTS: A significant correlation between the concepts of quality of life and health status as evaluated by the Portuguese versions of both questionnaires was observed. Almost all of the health-related questions displayed strong correlations with the overall concept of quality of life. The magnitude of this correlation accounted for almost half of the observed variance. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that, within this sample, health-related issues were key factors for the overall experience of wellbeing and quality of life. The similarities observed across the different groups indicate that the interrelation between health status and quality of life was homogenous, regardless of presence and/or type of ailments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4d69f80996e4349a348163bc31acc522022-12-21T19:47:18ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460126525726110.1590/S1516-31802008000500003S1516-31802008000500003The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern BrazilCarlos Zubaran0Karina Persch1Desire Tarso2Ana Ioppi3Juan Mezzich4Universidade de Caxias do SulUniversidade de Caxias do SulUniversidade de Caxias do SulUniversidade de Caxias do SulUniversidade de Caxias do SulCONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The interconnections between quality of life and health status as assessed via questionnaires have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate a possible correlation between the constructs of general health status and quality of life as assessed by the Portuguese versions of two questionnaires recently adapted and tested in Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a cross-sectional study in which two self-administered questionnaires were used. This investigation was conducted at healthcare services associated with the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil. METHODS: This study presents data from a sample of 120 volunteers who completed the Portuguese versions of the Personal Health Scale and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index questionnaires. Bivariate linear regression analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients were generated from the scores of the two questionnaires. RESULTS: A significant correlation between the concepts of quality of life and health status as evaluated by the Portuguese versions of both questionnaires was observed. Almost all of the health-related questions displayed strong correlations with the overall concept of quality of life. The magnitude of this correlation accounted for almost half of the observed variance. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that, within this sample, health-related issues were key factors for the overall experience of wellbeing and quality of life. The similarities observed across the different groups indicate that the interrelation between health status and quality of life was homogenous, regardless of presence and/or type of ailments.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802008000500003&lng=en&tlng=enQuality of lifeHealth StatusQuestionnairesBrazilHealth |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Zubaran Karina Persch Desire Tarso Ana Ioppi Juan Mezzich The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil São Paulo Medical Journal Quality of life Health Status Questionnaires Brazil Health |
| title | The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil |
| title_full | The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil |
| title_fullStr | The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil |
| title_short | The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil |
| title_sort | correlation between health status and quality of life in southern brazil |
| topic | Quality of life Health Status Questionnaires Brazil Health |
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