Abstract

JOSE CARLOS, Souza  and  CARVALHO, Anderson Borges de. Pesquisas sobre qualidade de vida, desenvolvidas no mestrado em psicologia da Universidade Católica Dom BoscoResearch on quality of life, developed for master degree in psychology at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco. Psicol inf. [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.14, pp.71-79. ISSN 1415-8809.

This study aims to evaluate the istruments, methods and population studied in researches on Quality of Life (QL) in a Program for Master Degree in Psychology of Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (UCDB) in Campo Grande - MS. This was a descriptive study, with data collected on-line on the page of the Program for Master Degree and from the central library of the university. The analysis identified 122 dissertations: 28 (22.9%) were studies about quality of life. Among the 28 studies, 22 (78.5%) investigated adults, both male and female, mainly healthy workers. The most generic instrument used used in the researches was the Medical Outcomes Studies 36-item Short-Form (MOS SF-36), in 14 (50%) studies.

Keywords : quality of life; information systems; dissertations.

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