Author(s): Carreiro Martins, Pedro ; Gomes-Belo, Joana ; Papoila, Ana Luísa ; Caires, Iolanda ; Palmeiro, Teresa ; Gaspar-Marques, João ; Leiria-Pinto, Paula ; Mendes, Ana Sofia ; Paulo-Teixeira, Joao ; Botelho, Maria Amalia ; Neuparth, Nuno
Date: 2016
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/149582
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Asthma; aged people; COPD; elderly; quality of life; WHOQOL-BREF; GLOBAL BURDEN; PREVALENCE; ASTHMA; ADULTS; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia–GERIA Project PTDC/SAU-SAP/ 116563/2010.
Few studies have assessed the quality of life (QOL) related to chronic respiratory diseases in the elderly. In the framework of the geriatric study on the health effects of air quality in elderly care centers (GERIA) study, a questionnaire was completed by elderly subjects from 53 selected nursing homes. It included various sections in order to assess respiratory complaints, QOL (World Health Organization QOL (WHOQOL)-BREF), and the cognitive and depression status. The outcome variables were the presence of a score lower than 50 (
