Quality of life of institutionalized aged with and without symptoms of depression.

Objective: compare the quality of life (QOL) of aged residents in homes for aged people with or without symptoms of depression, and identify social, physical activity; leisure; health and basic activities of daily living (ADL) variables that correlate with QOL scores.

Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 101 institutionalized aged. Multiple linear regression was used for data analysis.