Abstract

GUERRA, Ana et al. The Mental component: a positive aspect of the Quality of Life of a population. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2017, n.spe5, pp.75-80. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0171.

Health is an important dimension of Quality of Life (QoL), that also integrates other aspects besides health. In this line of perspective, health professionals conduct their practice with the aim of providing their patients with the care that assures the maximum well-being and life’s quality during all their life. A better QoL is one of the most ambitioned objectives by the generality of human beings, having, this way, a growing relevance in Nursing clinical practice. Therefore, the objective of the study is to understand the perception of QoL of the individuals of Paredes de Coura, in the year of 2015. A quantitative study was designed, of descriptive nature, with a sample of 447 individuals, selected by the method of probabilistic and stratified random sampling. As data collection instrument it was used a questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization and the questionnaire of State of Health (MOS SF-36v2). The results evidence that the population of Paredes de Coura presents the better perception in relation to psychological and social well-being parameters; the worst perceptions are related to Vitality and General Health. Most of the population refers absence of pain and associated limitations, being the global perception of QoL tendentiously positive. Concluding, the population of Paredes de Coura shows a positive QoL perception, with a highlight in the Mental Component.

Keywords : Health; Health Promotion; Quality of Life; Nursing in Community Health.

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