Influência das doenças crônicas na qualidade de vida de pacientes atendidos pelo programa melhor em casa do município de Cuité-PB.

Abstract

The majority of patients assisted by the Best at Home program have chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD´S) as primary pathologies, in which inadequately treated, can result in consequences leading to a decrease in patients´ life quality due to the onset of secondary complications. This study aimed to identify the NCD'S and its impacts in life qualities of individuals assisted by the Melhor em Casa program in the city of Cuité-PB. Socio-economic data were evaluated and questionnaires SF-36 applied, which evaluates the life quality, high viability tool, with application in any population, considering the functional capacity simultaneous evaluation, limited by physical, pain, health state, vitality aspects, limitation by social aspect, emotional aspect limitation as well as patient's mental health. The results showed that Best at Home assisted patients present low scores for functional capacity domains, limited by physical aspects, general health state and mental health, whose average values of mental and physical summaries, in their majority were less than 50, indicating poor life quality and precariousness. The low score values are due mainly by low functional capacity and physical limitations, which consequently impact on emotional aspects.