Level of physical activity, functional autonomy and quality of life in sedentary and active elderly women.
Introduction: The aging is a continuous process during which occurs the progressive decline in all physiological processes. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the levels of physical activity, functional autonomy and quality of life in active and sedentary elderly women. Method: Th...
| Publicado en: | Fisioterapia em Movimento Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 473 - 482 |
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2010 Jul-Sep
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104808761&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104808761 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01035150 1FTF jtl: Fisioterapia em Movimento issn: 01035150 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2010 Jul-Sep vid: 23 iid: 3 pid: 26295 pub: Fisioterapia em Movimento artinfo: ui: 104808761 104808761 2010931639 104808761 ppf: 473 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Level of physical activity, functional autonomy and quality of life in sedentary and active elderly women. aug: au: Alencar, Nelyse de Araújo Júnior, José Vitorino de Souza Aragão, Jani Cleria Bezerra Ferreira, Márcia de Assunção Dantas, Estélio affil: Ciências da Motricidade Humana (PROCIMH-UCB/RJ), Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil; nelyse@bol.com.br sug: subj: Functional Status In Old Age Physical Activity In Old Age Quality of Life In Old Age Activities of Daily Living Aged Aging Brazil Clinical Assessment Tools Comparative Studies Confidence Intervals Convenience Sample Data Analysis Software Descriptive Research Descriptive Statistics Female Geriatric Functional Assessment Human Inferential Statistics Leisure Activities Sedentary Behavior Middle Age Outpatients P-Value Quasi-Experimental Studies Questionnaires Scales Sports Summated Rating Scaling T-Tests Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female ab: Introduction: The aging is a continuous process during which occurs the progressive decline in all physiological processes. Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the levels of physical activity, functional autonomy and quality of life in active and sedentary elderly women. Method: The sample consisted of 30 women (15 sedentary and 15 active), aged equal or over 60 years-old. To determine the level of physical activity, it was used the version of the Modified Baecke Questionnaire for Elderly People; the functional autonomy was assessed by the battery of tests from the Group of Latin American Development to Maturity (GDLAM); and quality of life by WHOQOL-OLD. The statistical treatment consisted of descriptive and inferential analysis. The data were analyzed using SPSS[TM], 13.0 version. The level of significance and statistical error considered was set at 5% (p < 0.05). Results and discussion: By examining the results it could be observed that the levels of physical activity found in the active elderly women was higher than the sedentary ones, reflecting the best results in the tests of functional autonomy (p < 0.05), although both are classified as low GI. Regarding the quality of life, we found no association at higher levels when comparing both groups. Final considerations: It is recommended, therefore, that an intervention is made through a more intense physical training program, with larger numbers of individuals more well conditioned to better evaluate the possible alterations of the variables from this study. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: Portuguese refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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