The Evaluation of the Life Quality of Physically Active Elderly People By the Whoqol-Bref Questionnaire

Authors

  • Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR
  • Sônia Maria Marques Gomes Bertolini Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR
  • Márcia Regina Benedeti Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR

Keywords:

Physical Activity, Elderly People, Life Quality

Abstract

Current analysis evaluates the life quality of elderly people who practice physical activities. The WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire was applied in sports centers in Maringá PR Brazil. A sample of 80 elderly people, males and females, who practiced different physical activities offered by sports centers, participated in the questionnaire. A mean rate of 83±2.40 was obtained by adding scores from 24 questions and two general ones on life quality. Self-evaluation of life quality reached a mean of 16.40 ±3.20. Life quality evaluation by WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire provided a mean score of 16.46±1.96 in the physical domain; 16.89 (±1.72) in the psychological domain; 16.78 ±2.13 in the social relationship domain; and 16.45 ±1.76 in the environmental domain. Elderly people who practiced physical activities, provided by seven sports centers in Maringá and evaluated by the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire, consider their life quality as very good. They were highly satisfied with their health conditions.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira, Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR

Discente do Programa de Mestrado em Promoção da Saúde (PPGPS) no Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR. E-mail: [email protected]

Sônia Maria Marques Gomes Bertolini, Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR

Docente Doutora do Programa de Mestrado em Promoção da Saúde (PPGPS) no Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR. E-mail: [email protected]

Márcia Regina Benedeti, Centro Universitário de Maringá - CESUMAR

Docente Mestre do Curso de Fisioterapia do Centro Universitário de Maringá – CESUMAR. E-mail: [email protected]

Published

2012-11-05

How to Cite

Oliveira, D. V. de, Bertolini, S. M. M. G., & Benedeti, M. R. (2012). The Evaluation of the Life Quality of Physically Active Elderly People By the Whoqol-Bref Questionnaire. Saúde E Pesquisa, 5(3). Retrieved from https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/2260

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Promoção da Saúde

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