The objective of this work was to characterize the quality of life of hemophilic patients being followed up in a specialized service. A cross-sectional study of hemophilic patients in a Regional Blood Bank of Brazil was carried out to evaluate their quality of life. The data were obtained by interviews employing the WHO QOL-brief questionnaire, which was analyzed using SPSS and Epi-info 6.04d computer programs. Twenty-three male patients with a mean age of 21 years old were interviewed. All reported that they live with their families, 47.8% were residents in Uberaba, 78.3% were single, 69.6% were students with 45.5% having a low level of education and 82.6% did not work. Of the 23 cases, 91.3% had hemophilia A. In respect to quality of life, 47.8% responded that their quality of life was good and 55% had a good level of satisfaction with their health. The psychological dominion presented the highest average score and the environment presented the lowest. This study highlights the magnitude of some problems of hemophilic patients.
Quality of life; WHOQOL-bref; haemophilia
