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The Influence of Thermal Comfort on the Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residents

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dc.contributor.authorMendes, A
dc.contributor.authorPapoila, AL
dc.contributor.authorCarreiro-Martins, P
dc.contributor.authorAguiar, L
dc.contributor.authorBonassi, S
dc.contributor.authorCaires, I
dc.contributor.authorPalmeiro, T
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, AS
dc.contributor.authorNeves, P
dc.contributor.authorPereira, C
dc.contributor.authorBotelho, A
dc.contributor.authorNeuparth, N
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, JP
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-10T11:55:24Z
dc.date.available2018-05-10T11:55:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThermal comfort (TC) parameters were measured in 130 rooms from nursing homes (NH), following ISO 7730:2005 in order to evaluate the influence of winter season TC indices on quality of life (QoL) in older individuals. Mean radiant temperature (mrT), predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percent of dissatisfied people (PPD) indices, and the respective measurement uncertainties were calculated using Monte Carlo Method. The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was conducted from September 2012 to April 2013, during the winter season TC sampling campaign. Winter PMV and PPD indices showed significant differences between seasons in median values for comfort. There were also significant differences between seasons for air temperature, air velocity, mrT, and relative humidity. The winter PMV index displayed a "slightly cool" [≤-1] to "cool" [≤-2] in thermal sensation scale [-3 to 3]. PPD index reflected this discomfort as evidenced by a high rate of predicted dissatisfied occupants (64%). The influence of winter season TC on older individual QoL results demonstrated that values of PMV above -0.7 had higher mean score of QoL (coefficient estimate: 11.13 units) compared with values of PMV below -0.7. These findings are of relevance to public health and may be useful for understanding NH indoor environment variables thus implementing preventive policies in terms of standards and guidelines for these susceptible populations.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationJ Toxicol Environ Health A. 2017;80(13-15):729-739pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15287394.2017.1286929pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/2972
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispt_PT
dc.subjectAgedpt_PT
dc.subjectAged, 80 and overpt_PT
dc.subjectFemalept_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectMalept_PT
dc.subjectQuality Controlpt_PT
dc.subjectSeasonspt_PT
dc.subjectSurveys and Questionnairespt_PT
dc.subjectNursing Homespt_PT
dc.subjectQuality of Lifept_PT
dc.subjectTemperaturept_PT
dc.subjectHDE ALERpt_PT
dc.subjectHDE CINVpt_PT
dc.titleThe Influence of Thermal Comfort on the Quality of Life of Nursing Home Residentspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage739pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue13-15pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage729pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume80pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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