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JIMMY, Alejo-Pocoma; RICHARD, Cruz-Guisbert  y  CARLOS, Tamayo-Caballero. Perceived quality of life in two health networks, El Alto and La Paz, 2019. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2022, vol.63, n.1, pp.27-33. ISSN 1562-6776.

Abstract Introduction: In order to evaluate quality of life, its multidimensionality is taken into account; hence, quality oflife is conceptualized according to a system of values, standards or perspectives that vary from person to person, from group to group and from place to place. Objective: To describe the perception ofquality oflife ofthe adult population in two health networks Red de salud Corea El Alto and Red Norte Central N° 3 La Paz, 2019. Material and methods: Cross-sectional design, carried out in one network in El Alto and another in La Paz, with 1671 study units. The WHOQOL-BREF (26 items) was used, with Likert-type response options and structured in 4 dimensions: Physical Health, Psychological Health. Social relationships and Environment. Results: The categorization of "good" was the most frequent qualification in the self-perception of quality of life, the dimension with the highest frequency was "normal" with 53.4%, regarding health satisfaction 41.5% "normal". Regarding physical health, the category "quite" was the most frequent with 51.5%. In relation to psychological health, the highest frequency corresponded to the category "quite a lot" with 50.6% of the cases; in social relations in the same way the relevant category was "quite a lot" with 47.1%. Finally, in the evaluation of the environment, the population assures to be "quite satisfied" in 54% of the cases. Conclusion: The self-perception of quality of life was classified as "good" in most cases

Palabras clave : Quality of life; Perception of quality of life.

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