Quality of Life in relation to Health in Teachers with Chronic Diseases who reside in a Vulnerable Area of North Lima
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https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt2024730Keywords:
Quality of Life, Noncommunicable Diseases, Vulnerable Populations, Pandemic, CoronavirusAbstract
Introduction: quality of life is very important in relation to health, since it addresses functions that allow Teachers to maintain a healthy life, so the research objective is to determine the quality of life in relation to health in Teachers with chronic diseases residing in a vulnerable area of North Lima.
Methods: it is a quantitative, descriptive-cross-sectional and non-experimental study. With a total population of 152 Teachers with chronic diseases, who answered a questionnaire of sociodemographic aspects and the questionnaire of quality of life in relation to health.
Results: in the results it can be observed that 18 (n = 11,8 %) have a low quality of life, 26 (n = 17,1 %) average quality of life, 58 (n = 38,2 %) high quality of life and 50 (n = 32,9 %) a very high quality of life.
Conclusions: it is concluded that strategies that increase the promotion and prevention of noncommunicable diseases should be taken into account
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