Avaliação da qualidade de vida por meio do whoqol: análise bibliométrica da produção de enfermagem / Evaluation of quality of life through the whoqol: bibliometric analysis of nursing production / Evaluación de la calidad de vida a través del whoqol: análisis bibliométrica de la producción de enfermería

RESUMO

Pesquisa bibliométrica, com o objetivo de investigar a produção científica no campo da enfermagem relacionada à utilização do instrumento WHOQOL para avaliar a qualidade de vida. Foram selecionados 48 artigos por meio da busca on-line no site da Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde, utilizando-se os termos Enfermagem, WHOQOL e WHOQOL-BREF associados, disponíveis nos idiomas português, inglês e espanhol, nos últimos 10 anos. Os resultados apontaram que a Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP foi o periódico com maior quantitativo de produções dentre a seleção,apresentando 10 publicações. Na amostra selecionada, houve a predominância de artigos publicados no idioma português (78,2%) e na base de dados MEDLINE (31,5%). Quanto ao instrumento, 91,7% dos estudos utilizou o WHOQOL-BREF. Concluiu-se que são fundamentais as pesquisas para avaliar a qualidade de vida dos indivíduos com a utilização do instrumento WHOQOL, não estando saturados os estudos voltados a esta temática.

ABSTRACT

A bibliometric research, aimed to investigate the scientific production in the of nursing related to use of theWHOQOL instrument for assessing quality of life. There were 48 articles selected by searching online at the VirtualHealth Library site, using the associated terms Nursing, WHOQOL and WHOQOL-BREF available in Portuguese,English and Spanish, in the last 10 years. The results demonstrated that the Nursing Journal of USP had the highestquantity of productions from the selection, with 10 publications. In the selected sample there was a predominanceof articles published in the Portuguese language (78.2%) and using the MEDLINE database (31.5%). As for theinstrument, 91.7% of the studies used the WHOQOL-BREF. It was concluded that the researches are fundamental forevaluating the quality of life of individuals using the WHOQOL instrument, and that the studies involving this issueare not saturated.

RESUMEN

A bibliometric research, aimed to investigate the scientific production in the of nursing related to use of theWHOQOL instrument for assessing quality of life. There were 48 articles selected by searching online at the VirtualHealth Library site, using the associated terms Nursing, WHOQOL and WHOQOL-BREF available in Portuguese,English and Spanish, in the last 10 years. The results demonstrated that the Nursing Journal of USP had the highestquantity of productions from the selection, with 10 publications. In the selected sample there was a predominanceof articles published in the Portuguese language (78.2%) and using the MEDLINE database (31.5%). As for theinstrument, 91.7% of the studies used the WHOQOL-BREF. It was concluded that the researches are fundamental forevaluating the quality of life of individuals using the WHOQOL instrument, and that the studies involving this issueare not saturated.