Quality of life assessment in active and sedentary elderly women from Araújos - MG

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Grenia Aparecida de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Santos, Andrêza Soares dos, Salgado, José Vitor Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/27322
• topic: Exercício Físico; Envelhecimento; Políticas Públicas.

BACKGROUND: The assessment of quality of life in active and inactive elderly is very important since physical activity has positive effects on quality of life. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of life of active elderly women participating in the Come to Sport Program of the city hall of Araújos and sedentary elderly women. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with a convenience sample composed of 13 sedentary elderly women and 13 active elderly women. The SF-36 questionnaire on quality of life was used as a data collection instrument applied individually in October 2018. The analysis of the results was performed using descriptive statistics and the comparison between groups using the Student t-test. RESULTS: The analysis of the SF-36 questionnaire shows significant differences between the functional capacity, limitation due to physical aspects, pain, general health, vitality, emotional and mental health domains. In the social aspects’ domain, no significant differences were found. CONCLUSION: In view of the results presented, it is concluded that the practice of physical exercises can contribute to the maintenance of the quality of life of the elderly, revealing itself to be an important prevention and health promotion strategy.