[Predictive value of the quality of life questionnaire in the elderly].

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of the quality of life (QOL) questionnaire at 8 years and analyse which of its 5 dimensions better predict adverse results in health.

Design: Descriptive, longitudinal, and retrospective study.

Setting: Three basic health areas in Cuenca province, Spain.

[Social inequality and changes in quality of life among the elderly in rural areas of the Province of Cuenca (Spain) between 1994 and 2002].

Objective: To evaluate changes in quality of life (QoL) in a sample of elderly community-dwelling individuals. Overall QoL was evaluated, in addition to the dimensions of physical health (PH), mental health (MH), activities of daily living (ADL), economic resources (ER) and social resources (SR).

Materials And Methods: Of a sample of 918 persons aged more than 64 years old in the Province of Cuenca (Spain), QoL was measured in 519 in 1994 by means of the Quality of Life for the Elderly (QLE) questionnaire, developed from the OARS-MFAQ Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assesment Questionaire.