Nível de atividade física, sono e qualidade de vida em pacientes com doença de Alzheimer

• Autor(a) principal: Stein, Angelica Miki [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Costa, José Luiz Riani [UNESP], Vital, Thays Martins [UNESP], Hernandéz, Salma Stephany Soleman [UNESP], Santos, Marcelo Garuffi [UNESP], Teixeira, Camila Vieira Ligo [UNESP], Stella, Florindo [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.12820/RBAFS.V.17N3P200-205; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133627
• topic: Level of physical activity; Sleep; Quality of life; Alzheimer’s disease; Nível de atividade física; Sono; Qualidade de vida; Doença de Alzheimer

Physical activity (PA) has been considered an important non pharmacological feature that provides benefi ts on sleeping and quality of life of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The aim of this research was to analyze the relation of the level of PA; sleep disturbances and quality of life in pacients with AD. The study included 30 patients with PA. To measure PA level, sleeping and quality of life, it was used, respectively: Modifi ed Baecke Questionnaire for the Elderly, Mini Sleep Questionnaire and Quality of life assessment scale on Alzheimer’s disease – answered by the patients and their caregivers. For comparçliing of sleeping and quality of life, the sample was divided into two groups (higher and lower PA levels). In order to verify relations between the variables, and for the comparison both groups, it was used, respectively: Spearman correlation and U-Mann Whitney tests. It was admitted the level of signifi cance at 5% for all analyzes. Patients had a low level of PA and it was only found relationship positive, moderated and signifi cant (rho = 0,4; p = 0,01) between the level of PA and the caregiver’s quality of life. Thus, the caregivers of more active patients have a better quality of life and, there were no diff erences in sleep and quality of life when comparing the lowest and the highest level of PA groups of patients with AD.