Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of old-aged people inserted at an Elderly Opened University. Methods: It's about an analithycal field research, cross sectional, with quantitative approach. The sample was composed by 132 old-aged people from an Elderly Opened University at the State of Alagoas, chosen by simple random probabilistic sample. Two validated scales about functional capacity and life quality were used: WHOQOL-bref and WHOQOL-old. The data analysis was made from the Microsoft Excel program. Results: It was observed that 84% of the participants are female and 73.5% are between 60 and 69 years old. The highest average obtained in the WHOQOL-bref instrument was the "psychological" domain with 3.94, the "environment" domain obtained the lowest average with 3.44. In the WHOQOL-old module the facet with the highest score was "sensory abilities" with 76% and the lowest score were "autonomy" and "death and dying", both with 65% each. Conclusion: Although the elderly are considered active, the result wasn’t satisfactory in many facets, evidencing the importance of more action that favors the health promotion and quality of life of the old-aged people.