Qualidade de vida em adolescentes com deficiência

Abstract

Purpose: to evaluate the perception of quality of life of adolescent students with physical disabilities, visual and hearing. Methods: this was a descriptive and cross-sectional study with 98 adolescents between 10 and 19 years, in 26educational institutions of the state public Recife-PE. To evaluate quality of life was used the assessment tool abbreviated quality of life of the world health organization. For data analysis, we used descriptive and inferential statistics, applying the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test, p<0.05. Results: we observed a lower perception of quality of life domains and the global environment and adolescents with physical disabilities in relation to the visually and hearing impaired. As regards the fields, both among the disabled, visual and auditory, the lowest scores were given the environment. The highest scores presented for the disabled, visual and auditory were in social relations. The school entered in a special room, female and non-resident parents obtained with a lower perception of quality of life in the psychological, environmental, social and global quality of life. Conclusion: adolescents with disabilities placed in special rooms presented themselves as the most vulnerable group in the perception and overall quality of life in the psychological, social and environment among students investigated, suggesting the need for public awareness and improving the accessibility and safety of this population.