title: Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study with a sample of 496 elderly men and women, surveyed by researchers at a private hospital that attends institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly. HRQL (World Health Organization Quality of Life), daily living activities (Katz questionnaire), and instrumental daily living activities (Lawton questionnaire), mini-mental state examination, handgrip strength test, and function capacity (timed up and go test) were obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Institutionalized men presented higher scores in physical and psychological domains of HRQL compared to elderly men living alone (p<0.05). Among women, the scores in all domains (physical, psychological, relationship, and environment) were similar between institutionalized and community-dwelling individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Institutionalized elderly men reported better scores in physical and psychological domains of HRQL compared to their community-dwelling pairs, while both institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly women presented similar HRQL.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriel Grizzo
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cucato
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raphael Mendes
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ritti-Dias
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maysa Seabra
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cendoroglo
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Maria Maluf DE
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nasri
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Luiza Monteiro
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot DE
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgeon, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio Gazelato DE Mello
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Franco
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003071:Cognition / Q000145:classification; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires