Comparação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde entre mulheres na pós-menopausa praticantes de atividade física com e sem osteoporose

• Autor(a) principal: Navega, Marcelo Tavella [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Oishi, Jorge
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0482-50042007000400004; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/70073
• topic: Osteoporosis; Post-menopausal women; Quality of life; SF-36; adult; aged; clinical article; comorbidity; controlled study; cross-sectional study; descriptive research; female; human; interview; physical activity; postmenopause osteoporosis; quality of life; rank sum test; Short Form 36

Objective: to investigate the quality of life among physically active post-menopausal women with and without a diagnosis of osteoporosis. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out through interview. All the participating women volunteered to take part of this study through previous contact by telephone. The characteristics and objectives of the interview were explained in addition to confirmation of their post-menopausal status. There were two groups of 21 volunteers each: group 1 were non-osteoporotic women (64.38 ± 4.24 years-old) and group 2 were osteoporotic women (67.81 ± 4.19 years-old). Each volunteer was asked to fulfill a preliminary form in order to register personal information, clinical history, co-morbidities and health care. Following, the SF-36 questionnaire was applied. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to assess differences between the two groups. Results: there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) between both groups only with regard to the Role Physical and General Health components of the SF-36 form showing a better performance to group 1. Condusion: post-menopausal women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis that did not sustain a fracture may present a similar quality of life, as compared to non-osteoporotic post-menopausal women.