Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality
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ABRA152842022-09-16T16:58:55Z Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality Personas mayores en Costa Rica: un acercamiento a las percepciones sobre su calidad de vida Alfaro Vargas, Noelia Espinoza Herrera, Rebeca older adult psychosocial components social support personal well-being spirituality adulto mayor componentes psicosociales apoyo social bienestar personal espiritualidad The objective of the study was to determine the perceptions of people aged 60 years and over residing in the country on psychosocial components of social support, personal well-being and spirituality. This study was developed using a quantitative approach, via telephone survey as the main technique for collecting information. Among the study’s main results, it was discovered that the higher the educational level of the participants, the better they rated their quality of life. Regarding the correlation between suffering or not suffering from a disease or medical condition, and the level of satisfaction with health, it was found that people who indicated that they did not suffer from any disease seemed to be more satisfied with their health. Regarding satisfaction with life, 94.3% of the interviewees indicated that they were satisfied with life.Finally, regarding spirituality, 96.2% indicated that their spiritual strength helped them to feel happy. El objetivo del artículo es determinar las percepciones de las personas de 60 años y más, residentes en el país, sobre los componentes psicosociales de apoyo social, bienestar personal y espiritualidad. Este estudio se desarrolló desde el enfoque cuantitativo, empleando como técnica para la recolección de la información la encuesta telefónica. Entre sus principales resultados, se identificó que a mayor nivel educativo de las personas entrevistadas, mejor se califica la calidad de vida; respecto a la dependencia entre tener o no una enfermedad o padecimiento y el nivel de satisfacción con la salud, se extrajo que quienes indicaron no padecer de alguna enfermedad percibieron más satisfacción con su salud. En cuanto a la satisfacción con la vida, un 94.3% de las personas entrevistadas indicaron encontrarse satisfechas con ella y, en lo que respecta a la espiritualidad, un 96.2% señaló que su fuerza espiritual le ayudó a sentirse feliz Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2021-12-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip audio/mpeg https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/15284 10.15359/abra.41-63.5 Revista ABRA; Vol. 41 No. 63 (2021): REVISTA ABRA (July-December); 99-123 Revista ABRA; Vol. 41 Núm. 63 (2021): REVISTA ABRA (julio-diciembre); 99-123 Revista ABRA; v. 41 n. 63 (2021): REVISTA ABRA (Julho- Dezembro); 99-123 2215-2997 1409-3928 spa https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/15284/24403 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/15284/24404 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/15284/24405 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/abra/article/view/15284/24406 Copyright (c) 2021 Noelia Alfaro Vargas y Rebeca Espinoza Herrera |
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Alfaro Vargas, Noelia Espinoza Herrera, Rebeca |
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Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality |
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Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality |
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Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality |
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Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality |
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Elderly people in Costa Rica: An approach to the perceptions about their Life Quality |
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elderly people in costa rica: an approach to the perceptions about their life quality |
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Personas mayores en Costa Rica: un acercamiento a las percepciones sobre su calidad de vida |
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica |
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