Clinical Characteristics And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Adults In A Colombian City

Abstract

Objective: To bind quality of life related to health and clinical conditions in adults from Sincelejo city in Colombia. Methodology: Correlational study; A non-probabilistic sample was made up of 125 people with disabilities, older than 20 years with more than six months of limitation, for disability evaluation, the WHOQOL Bref validated by the World Health Organization was used. Results: The predominant medical diagnosis was nervous system diseases; the general life quality was evaluated with a score of 60.40 on a scale of 0 to 100. The domain with the best average was interpersonal relationships (68.06±14.7308 points), and the lowest average score was for the domain Environment (57.02±12.3902 points). The general life quality and the physical domain presented significant associations with the clinical variables. Conclusion: The longer the limitation, the lower the perception of life quality from the physical component and general life quality.