Prática regular de dança: relação com qualidade de vida, autoimagem, autoestima e sintomas depressivos em mulheres pós-menopáusicas de um grupo de convivência

• Autor(a) principal: Montenegro, Zilda Maria Coelho
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/2747
• topic: GERONTOLOGIA BIOMÉDICA; DANÇA DE SALÃO; QUALIDADE DE VIDA; ENVELHECIMENTO; DEPRESSÃO; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Introduction: The increase in life expectancy brings new demands with regard to the creation of strategies to provide a healthy aging with a better quality of life for the population. The dance can be one of these ways due to be a low cost activity and culturally accepted. Purpose: Evaluate the relationship between regular dance practice, quality of life, self-image and self-esteem in postmenopausal women and depressive symptoms in elderly women. Methods: It was conducted a clinical trial of quantitative-qualitative approach, with a sample of postmenopausal women in a social group in the town of Bayeux, PB, Brazil. The study was conducted in three stages, including an initial assessment, three months of intervention with dance lessons and a final assessment. WHOQOL Bref, Self-image and self-esteem Questionnaire of Stobäus, Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale, data sheet including socioeconomic and health data and a questionnaire with open questions were applied. The paired t-student test was used to compare averages between evaluated moments. The Wilcoxon test was applied in case of asymmetry. The McNemar test was used to evaluate proportions. It was adopted the significance level of 5 % (p0,05) and the analyzes were performed using SPSS version 18.0. Qualitative analysis was performed using the technique of content analysis proposed by Bardin. The study was initiated after approval by the Ethics Research Committee at PUCRS and followed the rules of Resolution No. 466 of December 12, 2012 of the National Board of Health. Results: 38 women with a mean age of 62.7±7,2 years took part in this study. There was a predominance of married women. Most of them do not have a complete primary education and has the income, median, of a minimum wage. 73.7% reported health problems with the majority having cardiovascular diseases. Most subjects believed that the dance means health. There is happiness with the body and it was said that dancing provides wellness. There was significant improvement in the social domain of the WHOQOL - bref (p = 0.033). The self-image and self-esteem, which was already positive at the beginning of this study, did not change significantly. The education level was significantly associated with adherence to dance. The subjects that increased their self-image and self-esteem were those who most reduced depressive symptoms (p=0.050). There was a statistically significant positive association among the changes in overall QV score of the WHOQOL - bref with changes in self-image and self-esteem score (p=0.043). Conclusion: The results indicate that cardiovascular diseases are the ones that reach the subjects of sample; Dancing is seen as an activity that promotes health and provides joy, satisfaction and well being. If regularly practiced, it can improve the quality of life of post-menopausal women, particularly with regard to the social domain. Although the dance is not shown effective in reducing depressive symptoms, it may favor the emergence of positive emotions such as joy, cheer, cheerfulness and freedom.