Percepção de saúde e qualidade de vida das mulheres indígenas

Abstract

Introduction: Indigenous health is directly linked to the process of changes in the lifestyle of this population. Historically, social, economic and environmental changes, together with the expansion of demographic and economic fronts in different regions of the country over time, have influenced the determinants and profiles of indigenous health. population region, there is the establishment of health problems, previously unnoticed, pertinent to the changes that are introduced in daily life and nutrition: high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, alcoholism, depression and suicide are increasingly frequent problems in diverse communities. 10Regarding the specificity of the health of indigenous women, it observes that indigenous women seek their independence, conquering their space in society and, little by little, including themselves in social movements due to their needs. 11 In general, they constitute a group very susceptible to the development of diseases and nutritional deficiencies, due to physiological and hormonal changes that occur throughout life. Objective: Evaluate the concept of health of indigenous women and compare the quality of life index between indigenous and non-indigenous women Method: Application of the SF 12 questionnaire and open questions on the topic, using the google forms platform. Results: With the survey of results through the SF 12 questionnaire in the group of indigenous and non-indigenous women, the minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation values ​​were calculated. Being in the indigenous group the minimum value of 225 (18.75%) and the maximum of 1140 (95%), the average of the total score and percentage are 776.5 and 64.70%, respectively. As for the results of the non-indigenous group, we obtained the following values: minimum 130 (10.83%), maximum 110 (84.16), mean 709 (59.08) and standard deviation of 263.02 (21.91%) . Where it is suggestive that the group of indigenous women has the highest quality of life index Conclusion: The present study sought to analyze and compare the concept and quality of life of indigenous women, which demonstrated a higher quality of life index among indigenous women, when compared to non-indigenous women. However, the sample does not have statistical significance between the groups.