%0 Journal Article
%T Representa£¿£¿es sociais sobre qualidade de vida para idosos
%A Silva
%A Lu¨ªpa Michele
%A Silva
%A Antonia Oliveira
%A Tura
%A Luiz Fernando Rangel
%A Moreira
%A Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
%A Rodrigues
%A Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
%A Marques
%A Maria do C¨¦u
%J Revista Ga¨²cha de Enfermagem
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1983-14472012000100015
%X this study aimed to identify elders' social representations of quality of life. this is an exploratory study with a sample of 240 elders, of both sexes. for data collection we used a free association test with words, using the inductive stimulus "quality of life" and sociodemographic variables. the interviews were analyzed with the software alceste. of the 240 studied eslders, 167 were women, with the dominant age from 60 to 69 years, income between two and three minimum wages, most of the married and with catholicism as the predominant religion. the results from alceste pointed towards seven hierarchical classes: accessibility, work, activity, support, affection, care and interactions. social representations of quality of life by elders can support professionals in understanding the adhesion to preventive practices for the elderly and in strengthening policies directed to this population.
%K aged
%K quality of life
%K social perception.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1983-14472012000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en