Participação masculina em modalidades de atividades físicas de um Programa para idosos: um estudo longitudinal

Abstract

The article seeks to describe male participation on a physical activity program for the elderly in the south of Brazil over a ten-year period (2003-2013). The data of the study were extracted from a database and assessed using descriptive and inferential statistics and assessment of the thematic content. The first phase of the study was longitudinal (from 2003 to 2013) with 163 elderly participants, while the second phase was cross-sectional for the year of 2013 with 45 elderly individuals. Male participation was, on average, 3.5 times lower than female participation for all years assessed, and the activity most practiced was swimming. In the year 2013, the average age of the elderly men was 68 ± 7.8 years. Most of them are married, have tertiary education, good acquisitive power, positive self perception of health, one or more diagnosed diseases, and do not participate in any other physical activity outside the program. According to the elderly, the reasons for participating most cited was the search for quality of life and health and, for continuing to exercise, acquiring the taste for the physical activity. Understanding the profile of these individuals and of the reasons that motivate them are important tools to comprehend the issue and help to define public politics directed at this population group.

How do old men take care of their own health in Primary Care?

“…Thus, in the imaginary, we constructed the belief of continuous immunity, generating a deficit of selfcare. Consideration should be given to distinguishing between genders in relation to the different patterns of aging (33) .…”

Fármacos e Doenças Crônicas em idosos hipertensos e/ou diabéticos praticantes de exercícios físicos

“…Observou-se, neste estudo, uma considerável adesão do sexo feminino (85,2%) ao exercício físico. Esta evidência é amplamente verificada na literatura científica (Ribeiro, et al, 2012;Cavalli, et al, 2014;Medeiros, Streit, Sandreschi, Fortunato, & Mazo, 2014 Ribeiro, et al (2012) realizaram uma pesquisa com participantes do Núcleo de Atividade para a Terceira idade (NATI), na cidade de Pelotas, RS, com idosos que realizaram pelo menos uma atividade oferecida pelo programa. Obteve-se uma amostra total de 199 idosos de ambos os sexos, sendo 4 (2%) do sexo masculino e 195 (98%) do sexo feminino.…”

“…Sabe-se que os homens apresentam maior resistência aos métodos preventivos e de atenção primária à saúde. Já as mulheres têm uma preocupação maior com o aparecimento de doenças e estão mais atentas aos sinais que o corpo apresenta, passam com maior frequência em consultas médicas, mantendo, assim, os cuidados primários de atenção à saúde (Ribeiro, et al, 2012;Cavalli, et al, 2014;Medeiros, Streit, Sandreschi, Fortunato, & Mazo, 2014). Nesta perspectiva, torna-se importante a implantação de programas que enfatizem os benefícios do exercício físico, principalmente para o sexo masculino.…”

Neck circumference as a discriminator of obesity in older women enrolled in a physical activity program

“…The following inclusion criteria were adopted: age of 60 years or older, par-ticipation in the test battery offered by GETI in March 2016, and female gender. The gender choice was due to the large participation of women in this type of intervention 20 . Older women who were unable to perform the anthropometric tests were excluded.…”