Analysis of the time of practice of physical exercise in the quality of life of the old person

• Autor(a) principal: PEREIRA SANTOS, FRANCISCO DIMITRE RODRIGO
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Machado Feitosa, Emanuella, Bezerra Brito, Letícia, Silva Sousa, Patrícia, Sousa Sabino, Teila
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Enfermagem Atual In Derme
• Texto Completo: https://revistaenfermagematual.com/index.php/revista/article/view/37
• topic: Idoso; Qualidade de vida; Exercício físico.; Elderly; Quality of life; Physical exercise.

The objective was to analyze whether the time of practice of physical exercises in a group influences the quality of life of the elderly person. This was a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Maranhão, with technical advice n. 1,165,116, with a sample composed of 52 elderly people, divided into two groups, according to the time of physical exercise; group I, composed of elderly individuals with up to one year of physical exercise and group II, by elderly individuals who practiced physical exercise for more than one year. To evaluate the quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was composed of 26 questions, which are arranged in four domains (physical, psychological, social relations and environment). The data were analyzed by the BioEstat 5.0 program; using the test t. The results showed that both groups present scores ≥ 3, indicating that the elderly studied have a good quality of life regardless of the time of practice; being the physical exercise a determinant for the improvement of the quality of life of the elderly person. Among the domains analyzed, social relations was the domain that showed a greater improvement in the group with more time of physical exercise practice. It is concluded that the physical exercise is determinant in the quality of life of the third age independent of the time of practice.