01539nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653003500054653002400089653001700113100002500130700002900155700002500184245007800209300001100287490000700298520100000305022001401305020001401319       2021                            d  c10/202110aHealth-Related Quality of Life10aSF-36 questionnaire10aOlder people1 aRaúl Barceló Reyna1 aMartha Ornelas Contreras1 aHumberto Blanco Vega00aUse of the SF-36 Health Questionnaire in older persons. Systematic review  a95-1020 v273 aIntroduction: The number of elderly people increases exponentially on a global scale, therefore, various investigations determine the self-perception of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of this population sector.

Goal: To assess the perceptions reported by elderly people in various countries on the dimensions that evaluate the HRQoL of the SF-36 questionnaire.

Method: A systematic review of the scientific production published in the Scopus, EBSCO, PubMed y LILACS databases during the months of June 1992-july 2020 was conducted.

Results: Seventeen studies involving 79,542 elderly people from nine countries were included. The best perceptions were manifested in the Social Functioning dimension; the lowest were for General Health and Vitality.

Conclusion: The SF-36 questionnaire is a pertinent tool to assess the HRQoL in elderly people from various countries. These people, by expressing their perception, give a determining weight to the Social Functioning dimension.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437