Sensorial functioning, social participation, perceptions of death and dying, and intimacy play an important role in the positive relationship between physical activity and QOL.

Background: With population aging occurring worldwide, promoting climacteric women's health has become the object of important studies. Purpose: Observing the prevalence of depression in climacteric women and their self-evaluation of the depression factors is the main goal of this study. Design: This cross-sectional research is enquiry descriptive. Methods: The sample was composed of 48 climacteric women (between 45 and 65 years old) non-selected volunteers, served by the Centers for Psycho and Social Attention (CAPS) of Specialized Mental Medicine, in Sorocaba, via the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) questionnaire. Results: Checking the mean and frequency distribution, the climacteric women presented a prevalence of 37.5% of moderate depression (BDI index = 24.39 ± 3.13), and 47.92% of severe depression (BDI index = 38.13 ± 6.78). Concerning the symptoms, Spearman rank order correlation was found as the highest concerns,

Objetivo: analisar as estratégias propostas no meio científico para a promoção do envelhecimento ativo no cenário brasileiro, e identificar as possíveis lacunas que o impedem de se tornar uma realidade. Método: revisão integrativa realizada nas bases de dados Scientific Eletronic Library (Scielo), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (Lilacs), e Pubmed, em Setembro 2020, com os descritores; envelhecimento saudável, bom envelhecimento, envelhecer bem, envelhecer saudável, envelhecimento bem-sucedido e envelhecimento sadio, nos idiomas Português, Espanhol e Inglês, publicadas entre 2016 e 2020, que abordassem pelo menos uma das dimensões dos fatores determinados pela Organização Mundial da Saúde para o desenvolvimento do envelhecimento ativo. Resultados: Dezessete estudos foram integrados à pesquisa pois abordavam as dimensões definidas pela OMS para o desenvolvimento do envelhecimento ativo, sendo uma única dimensão abordada na maior parte deles: a dimensão social é amplamente abordada em 11, a cultural e de lazer em 1; os outros 4 abordam duas dimensões conjuntamente, e nenhum aborda a dimensão econômica. Conclusão: A literatura científica tem demonstrado formas de promover o envelhecimento ativo, porém, muitas importantes dimensões ainda são pouco exploradas.

Vivemos em uma sociedade que se recusa a envelhecer. As exigências estéticas impostas pela sociedade, de aparência sempre jovial, negando ou escondendo os sinais que o passar do tempo impõe atingem diretamente as pessoas idosas, de forma estigmatizante, e tornam suas possibilidades diminuídas pelo sentimento de não pertencimento. Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é explorar as estratégias declaradas na luta contra o envelhecimento. Busca-se analisar os aspectos que apoiam as estratégias e discutir o fenômeno do combate ao envelhecimento na perspectiva bioética. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa que utilizou como material de análise o conteúdo de domínio público disponível na internet, em sua maioria visando o ideal estético. A pesquisa realizou coleta direta de dados com o pesquisador como o principal instrumento, e realizou análise de conteúdo de Bardin. Conclusão: Atualmente as estratégias declaradas na luta contra o envelhecimento, em sua maioria visam o ideal estético, como forma de permitir a pessoa idosa a permanência no meio social. São estratégias para disfarçar o envelhecimento ou tentar impedi-lo em uma busca incessante da juventude eterna.

Introduction Quality of Life (QOL) is essential for healthy aging and through the WHOQOL-Old, it is possible to analyze factors that increase vulnerability and reduce QOL. Aligned with healthy aging is Potter's global bioethics proposing expanded ethics and social justice. Objective To analyze the QOL of Brazilian elderly from the perspective of Potteŕs global bioethics. Method Analytical observational research with a quantitative approach composed of 280 Brazilian, aged 60 or over, of both gender, volunteers, who answered the WHOQOL-Old online. Result Global score of 77.9%, with the mean ± standard deviation: Functioning of the senses 86% (17.22 ± 2.80); Autonomy 78.5% (15.7 ± 2.60); Past, present, and future activities 77.3% (15.46 ± 2.34); Social participation 74.9% (14.99 ± 2.62); Death and dying 71.6% (14.33 ± 3.88) and Intimacy 79.1% (15.82 ± 2.82). Conclusion Elderly perceived their QOL positively. In the quest to promote healthy aging, it is necessary to broaden the vision for social justice proposed by Potteŕs global bioethics.

Aims: A systematic review to determine the effect of physical activity and religiosity on anxiety, depression, stress and quality of life in older people. Methods: The LILACS, MEDLINE/PUBMED, SCIELO, and COCHRANE databases were searched. Titles, abstracts and keywords of original articles published in English from January 1990 to January 2019 were examined using the following DeCS descriptors: anxiety, depression, stress, quality of life, active, sedentary, religiosity, ageing, aging, older people. The operator ‘or’ was used between the descriptors ageing, aging and older people. In the screening, exclusion criteria were applied. Eighteen studies, from the initial sample of 47,494, remained at the end of this process. Results: This systematic review found that most of these eighteen studies focus on depression (16), stress (12), anxiety (11) and QOL (11). Depression was the foremost ageing concern. Conclusions: Although these descriptors are so often studied today, their synchronized relationship has not yet been studied. Further studies should be conducted to assess the effect of physical activity and religiosity on depression, anxiety, stress and quality of life in older people.

Physical activity (PA) improves the quality of life (QOL) of older people, increasing overall health and well-being and enabling them to take control over their own lives, and is highly correlated with sustainable aging. Objective: To relate the practice of PA with QOL for sustainable aging. Method: The sample of this cross-sectional inquiry analytical observational ex post facto research was composed of 690 community-dwelling older people of both genders, non-selected volunteers, living in Brazil, present at a road run in Rio de Janeiro, from 30 October 2019 to 12 March 2020, that answered an instrument starting with profile questions, followed by selected questions on QOL from world health organization quality of life for old age (WHOQOL-Old) and on PA from Baecke-Old. Results: The mean age bracket was 65–69 years, 73.6% female. This sample was characterized as active (84%), having university level education (75%), fitting the concept of a high level of QOL (73.35 ± 12.6). QOL was distributed as: 562 (81.2%) at 70–100%; 123 (17.9%) at 41–69%; 5 (0.7%) at 32–40%. Between active and sedentary lifestyle and QOL, the sedentary lifestyle presented a lower QOL score while the active QOL score was highest, with a correspondence with p < 0.001, DF = 2, with 99.9% certainty and Pearson’s chi-square test critical value = 19.2. Conclusion: The sample of older people characterized by high QOL and PA with a university level education suggests the triangulation between advanced education, PA and QOL. The QOL of the older people with high scores was associated with the practice of PA, and low scores were associated with a sedentary lifestyle; this conclusion can be applied to sustainable aging of general society.

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