Calidad de vida y apoyo familiar de los adultos mayores que participan en el proyecto gerontológico Hogar de Sabias Experiencias del cantón Coronel Marcelino Maridueña durante el confinamiento COVID – 19.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to “Analyze the relationship between the quality of life and family support of the elderly who participate in the gerontological project “Home of Sabias Experiences ”of the Crnel Marcelino Maridueña canton during the COVID-19 confinement, in order to provide information for the definition of public policies for this age group”. The methodology used for the research was from a quantitative approach with a type of cross-sectional descriptive and correlational study, which was carried out through the use of the survey applied to 60 older adults who attend the gerontological center "Home of wise experience" of the Canton. Marcelino Maridueña, the information collection was carried out through a survey, most of which was applied virtually, which included two sections, the first on Quality of Life in which two scales were combined: the Qhoqol-Bref scale (World Health Organization Quality of Life) and the FUMAT scale (Verdugo, Schalock, Gómez and Arias), in its version of 57 questions and the second on Family Support, the survey designed by Leitón (2003) aimed at older adults was adapted Where the main discoveries of this research are that the quality of life of older adults shows a direct connection with family support, evidenced in the verification of variables for which a correlation was made using the Spearman method, resulting in a Significant positive ordinal correlation (p <0.01) with respect to the variable "Quality of life", both in emotional well-being (Be = 0, 38), and in Physical Well-being (Bf = 0.42). All these coefficients were compared with a critical r of 0.252 for a significance level of 0.01. The correlation of the variable “Family Support” (p <0.01) shows that the correlation is also ordinal positive. These results explain that, in the sample, there is a 99% probability that the relationship between Quality of life and Family Support is not the product of chance.