Percepção de qualidade de vida e prevalência de dores osteomusculares de adultos e idosos

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Abstract - Objective: To identify and compare the perception of quality of life and the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in male and female adults and elderly people. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive research, carried out with 26 adults and elderly people (07 males and 19 females). The perception of quality of life was identified through the Medical Outcomes Study (SF-36) and the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms through the Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptoms Questionnaire (QNSO). The data were tabulated based on the assumptions of the instruments themselves and statistically analyzed using the Jamovi software. Results: The volunteers presented good scores for the domains of physical limitation and emotional aspects (100 for both), social aspects and functional capacity (93.8 and 90.0, respectively), and a lower score for the pain domain (42. 2). It was observed that the volunteers presented a greater severity of pain (scale 4) for the lower back region (8.7%), followed by the upper back region (7.7%), hip and thigh (7.7%), with the lowest severity of pain (scale 0) being the elbow region (96.2%), the ankle and foot (80.8%). There were no statistically significant differences between the sexes. Conclusions: The volunteers in the present study had good quality of life perception scores and a greater severity of pain in the lower and upper back regions, with no statistical differences between men and women.