Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209
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Resumo: | Objective: To evaluate correlation between the prevalence of chronic diseases, diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and physical activity. Methods: A cross-sectional study, regarding descriptive variables and association, in which took part 53 adult and elderly subjects attending computer workshops offered by the Regional Center of Studies and Activities for the Third Age, managed by University of Passo Fundo. To analyze association between outcome variables, Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used, for a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: Practice of physical activity was high and presented little difference between the sexes. With respect to diseases, hypertension was prevalent in both sexes, whereas diabetes mellitus was more prevalent among males. Conclusions: The practice of regular physical activity is part of daily life for the subjects studied, but even so, chronic diseases occur, especially hypertension, for men and women, and diabetes mellitus, among men. |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209Prevalência de doenças crônicas e prática de atividade física em adultos e idosos - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209Motor ActivityChronic DiseaseAging.Atividade MotoraDoença CrônicaEnvelhecimento.Objective: To evaluate correlation between the prevalence of chronic diseases, diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and physical activity. Methods: A cross-sectional study, regarding descriptive variables and association, in which took part 53 adult and elderly subjects attending computer workshops offered by the Regional Center of Studies and Activities for the Third Age, managed by University of Passo Fundo. To analyze association between outcome variables, Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used, for a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: Practice of physical activity was high and presented little difference between the sexes. With respect to diseases, hypertension was prevalent in both sexes, whereas diabetes mellitus was more prevalent among males. Conclusions: The practice of regular physical activity is part of daily life for the subjects studied, but even so, chronic diseases occur, especially hypertension, for men and women, and diabetes mellitus, among men.Avaliar a relação entre a prevalência de doenças crônicas, diabete mellitus e hipertensão arterial sistêmica, e a prática da atividade física. Métodos: Estudo do tipo transversal, que contempla variáveis descritivas e de associação, no qual participaram 53 sujeitos adultos e idosos que frequentavam as oficinas de informática oferecidas pelo Centro Regional de Estudos e Atividades à Terceira Idade, da Universidade de Passo Fundo. Para analisar as associações entre as variáveis de desfecho utilizaram-se os teste U de MannWhitney e exato de Fischer, para um nível de significância de p ≤ 0,05. Resultados: A prática de atividade física mostrou-se elevada e com pouca diferença entre os sexos. Com relação às patologias, a hipertensão arterial foi prevalente para ambos os sexos; já a diabetes mellitus se mostrou mais prevalente para o sexo masculino. Conclusões: A prática regular de atividade física faz parte da vida dos sujeitos pesquisados, mas, mesmo assim, há ocorrência de doenças crônicas, principalmente a hipertensão arterial, para homens e mulheres, e a diabetes mellitus, para os homens.Universidade de Fortaleza2012-11-26info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion"Peer-reviewed Article""Avaliado pelos pares""Avaliado pelos pares"application/pdfhttps://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/223210.5020/2232Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion; Vol. 25 No. 2 (2012); 209-214Revista Brasileña en Promoción de la Salud; Vol. 25 Núm. 2 (2012); 209-214Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde; v. 25 n. 2 (2012); 209-2141806-1230reponame:Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúdeinstname:Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor)instacron:UFORporhttps://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2232/2456Silveira, Michele Marinho daPasqualotti, AdrianoColussi, Eliane Luciainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2022-02-16T11:21:21Zoai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/2232Revistahttps://periodicos.unifor.br/RBPS/oai1806-12301806-1222opendoar:2022-02-16T11:21:21Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde - Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor)false |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 Prevalência de doenças crônicas e prática de atividade física em adultos e idosos - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 Silveira, Michele Marinho da Motor Activity Chronic Disease Aging. Atividade Motora Doença Crônica Envelhecimento. |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly - doi: 10.5020/18061230.2012.p209 |
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Silveira, Michele Marinho da |
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Silveira, Michele Marinho da Pasqualotti, Adriano Colussi, Eliane Lucia |
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Pasqualotti, Adriano Colussi, Eliane Lucia |
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Silveira, Michele Marinho da Pasqualotti, Adriano Colussi, Eliane Lucia |
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Motor Activity Chronic Disease Aging. Atividade Motora Doença Crônica Envelhecimento. |
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Motor Activity Chronic Disease Aging. Atividade Motora Doença Crônica Envelhecimento. |
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Objective: To evaluate correlation between the prevalence of chronic diseases, diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and physical activity. Methods: A cross-sectional study, regarding descriptive variables and association, in which took part 53 adult and elderly subjects attending computer workshops offered by the Regional Center of Studies and Activities for the Third Age, managed by University of Passo Fundo. To analyze association between outcome variables, Mann-Whitney U test and Fisher’s exact test were used, for a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: Practice of physical activity was high and presented little difference between the sexes. With respect to diseases, hypertension was prevalent in both sexes, whereas diabetes mellitus was more prevalent among males. Conclusions: The practice of regular physical activity is part of daily life for the subjects studied, but even so, chronic diseases occur, especially hypertension, for men and women, and diabetes mellitus, among men. |
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