%0 Journal Article %T QUALIDADE DE VIDA DOS PORTADORES DE FERIDA EM MEMBROS INFERIORES - ¨²LCERA DE PERNA %A SILVA LUCAS %A LUCIN¨¦IA DA %A TREVISAN MARTINS %A J¨²LIA %A CARMO CRUZ ROBAZZI %A MAR¨ªA L¨²CIA DO %J Ciencia y enfermer¨ªa %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0717-95532008000100006 %X this study aimed to understand the meaning of life quality for people with chronic ulcers in the lower limbs. at the same time it tries to identify which aspects of their lives had negatively changed the most in order to understand their satisfaction and dissatisfaction lev¨¦is, towards the problems they might have faced. it is a non-experimental study with a descriptive, quality and quantitative approach. fifteen research subjects who performed cures in the basic health units in the city of maring¨¢-pr., took part in the study. results showed that those interviewed related the meaning of quality of life, more specifically to three factors: be healthy, have good eco-nomic conditions and family always present. %K life quality %K personal satisfaction %K leg ulcer. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-95532008000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en