title: Women's quality of life: University of the Third Age, Goiás, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Assessing the quality of life (QOL) of elderly women attending the University of the Third Age (UNATI) at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive, observational study of 38 elderly women aged 60 or older. A socio-demographic information form and the WHOQOL-BREF and WHOQOLOLD questionnaires were applied for QOL assessment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most women were aged 60-69 (58.8 %). The WHOQOL-BREF QOL scores in the physical, psychological, social relationships and environmental domains bore no statistical relevance; however, the general QOL before (67.86±2.91) and after (60.71±8.71) attending UNATI had p=0.049 significance. As for the WHOQOL-OLD, only the sensorial functioning domain (before: 61.84±20.74; after: 71.38±17.66; p=0.014) and the death and dying domain were significant (before: 56.36±25.48; after: 67.27±25.35; p=0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The elderly women demonstrated typical socio-demographic characteristics and their concerns to stay healthy within possible income, socialisation and health delivery service patterns were considered good. The WHOQOL-BREF revealed that the general domain played a major role compared to other domains. The sensorial functioning and the death and dying domains on the WHOQOL-OLD characterised this particular population's anxieties, wishes and gender needs.
authors.affiliation: School of Enfermagem, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Brazil. louresmarta@hotmail.com.br
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carvalho-Loures
authors.forename: Celmo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Celeno-Porto
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alves-Barbosa
authors.forename: Lindomar Guedes
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Freire-Filha
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*