Resumen de Calidad de Vida en asilo Príncipe de Paz en Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua
María Elena Vidaña Gaytán, María Nieves González Valles, Alejandra Rodríguez Tadeo, Nina del Rocío Martínez Ruiz, Rene Urquidez Romero
- español
El envejecimiento es un proceso natural degenerativo e irreversible y que requiere de la mirada y atención de un equipo multidisciplario para atender las áreas física, cognoscitiva, psicosocial y que repercuta en la calidad de vida del adulto mayor. El Método cuantitativo con un diseño trasversal, con el censo de la población durante el período 2017 al 2018. Población constituida por los 21 adultos mayores que viven en la casa hogar Príncipe de Paz de Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua. Se aplicaron los siguientes instrumentos: cuestionario de datos sociodemográficos, la escala de calidad de vida (WHOQOL-OLD),mini evaluación nutricional (MNA), algoritmo del grupo europeo del trabajo en sarcopenia de adultos mayores (EWGSOP) y el índice de Katz. Los principales resultados muestran mejor calidad de vida global en las mujeres y el dominio de la autonomía.
- English
This research was conducted by a multidisciplinary group ofCiudad JuarezChihuahuaandMeridaYucatanMexico. It is about the nutritional status, sarcopenia and quality life of 21 elderlys homeless living in distress and in nursing homes with ages ranging between 60 and 82 years old, and living in Casa Hogar Principe de paz, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. A questionnaire packet were used to measure their psysical, cognitive and psychosocial conditions. A quantitative approach was used, with cross-sectional design. To collect data the following instruments were used: sociodemographic questionnaire, the quality life scale of the World Health Organization Quality of life-Old (WHOQOL-OLD) Mini Nutritional Evaluation (MNA), European Group of work on Sarcopenia in the Elderly (EWGOP) and the index Katz of independence activities of daily life. According to the results the elderly homeless refers how they perceived the global quality of life; additionally, their nutritional status and the progress degree of the syndrome carachterized by a gradual and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and stenght (Sarcopenia) are present in 60%. Also the results refers that 67% of elderlys homeless are at malnutrition risk. Finally, it is concluded that the elderly homeless perceived their global quality of life as regular.
