TITLE:
Quality of life, elderly and physical activity
AUTHORS:
Carlos Soares Pernambuco, Bernardo Minelli Rodrigues, Jani Cleria Pereira Bezerra, Alessandro Carrielo, André Dias de Oliveira Fernandes, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza Vale, Estelio Henrique Martin Dantas
KEYWORDS:
Quality of Life; Aged; Motor Activity; Exercise
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.4 No.2,
February
27,
2012
ABSTRACT: The concept of quality of life is multiple concerns as a cultural, social and environmental individuality. The aim of this study was to verify the levels of quality of life in elderly practitioners of physical activity comparing a active group with a control group The sample consisted of 159 physically independent and apparently healthy individuals of either sex, with mean age of 66.61 ± 4.73 years. Active group obtained mean 14.32 ± 0.763 in whoqol’s scores for levels of quality of life, the Control group (CG) obtained mean 13.31 ± 0.94 and p-value 0.05. The ANOVA with repeated samples showed higher values for active group when compared with control group after intervention, the significant level was p