Fatores associados à atividade física insuficiente no lazer entre idosos

Abstract

Introduction: The structural and functional alterations seen in aging, associated with a sedentary lifestyle, accelarate the decline of functional ability. Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors associated with insufficient physical activity during leisure time among older adults. Method: Cross sectional sample consisting of 562 individuals living in the city of Feira de Santana, 69.6% female and 30.4% male with a mean age of 68.93 ± 7.05 years. We used a questionnaire containing sociodemographic information, such diseases and participation in physical activity during leisure time. Participation in leisure physical activity was assessed by self-perception of the type and intensity of activity (mild moderate or heavy). For statistical analysis we used logistic regression, calculating the prevalence ratios, confidence intervals (95%) and significance level p ≤ 0.05. Results: Among the subjects studied, only 18.3% were classified as active during leisure time. The investigated population has a high frequency of individuals inactive during leisure time, especially among low-income people and those with older ages. Conclusion: These findings encourage discussion of the need to implement public health policies and the creation of spaces for the practice of leisure activities for the elderly in the NHS.

Factors associated with physical activity level of elderly users of the third age gyms

“…Studies 18,19 have shown that there is a positive association between physical activity and health perception, which was also shown in the results of this study, and added to the fact that elderly people who have good/very good health perception and who consider the exercise as important for health presented a protection factor and have 72.4% and 90.3% Acta Fisiatr. 2017;24(1):17-21 Oliveira DV, Lima MCC, Contessoto LC, Cremonez JC, Antunes MD, Nascimento Júnior JRA Factors associated with physical activity level of elderly users of the third age gyms chance of being active/very active compared to the elderly who have a regular perception of health and who do not consider the exercise as important, respectively.…”

Prevalence and factors associated with physical inactivity among the elderly: a population-based study

“…Although the high percentage of physical inactivity (70.1%; CI 95%: 66.0%-74.0%) was similar to other studies of elderly Brazilians, 1,3,16 it was lower than studies of the elderly in the south and northeast of the country. 2,17 The higher prevalence of physical inactivity among elderly men contradicted the findings of studies by Alves et al 1 and Queiroz et al, 2 which found no difference in the prevalence of physical inactivity between the genders.…”

Atividade física de lazer e saúde: uma revisão sistemática

“…De forma semelhante, observou-se artigos que têm como questão central estimar o nível de atividade física de determinada população, bem como a prevalência ou sedentarismo (Lemos, Nakamura, Grisil & Kokubun, 2010;Pitanga & Lessa, 2010;Del Duca, Nahas, Hallal & Peres, 2014;Fernandes Christofaro, Dias, Codogno & Oliveira, 2014;Garcia, Salvador, Sá & Florindo, 2014;Rosini, Bruns, Camillo, Machado & Silva, 2014;Cárdenas-Cárdenas et al, 2015;Costa, Ribeiro & Neri, 2015;Marques, et al, 2015). Há, ainda, aqueles que apresentam uma preocupação com a população idosa se restringindo ao envelhecimento ativo (Zaitune et al, 2010;Inácio, Salvador & Florindo, 2011;Rocha, Almeida, Araújo & Virtuoso, 2011b;Mourão, Novais, Andreoni & Ramos, 2013;Rocha, Almeida, Araújo, Santos & Rodrigues, 2013;Monteiro, Neri & Coelim, 2014;Costa, Ribeiro & Neri, 2015;Pegorari, Dias, Santos & Tavares, 2015;Santos, Souza, Antes & Dórsil, 2015). Fica claro que a atividade física, e não o lazer, é a preocupação central destes estudos.…”

“…Por outro lado, há alguns artigos (Lima, Fermino, Oliveira, Añes & Reis, 2013;Mourão, Novais, Andreoni & Ramos, 2013;Nakamura, Teixeira, Papini, Fernandes & Kokubun, 2013;Rocha et al, 2013;Boclin, Faerstein & Deleon, 2014;Oliveira et al, 2014;Silva, Silva & Spieker, 2014;Dias, Loch & Ronque, 2015;Fernandes et al, 2015;Pegorari, Dias, Santos & Tavares, 2015) que se centram em aspectos denominados de "sociais". Esses artigos analisam aspectos como, por exemplo, o de vizinhança -que podem influenciar na regularidade das atividades físicas de lazer -e, ainda, aspectos relacionados as instalações públicas e ao transporte urbano, pois estes podem viabilizar a vivência de atividades físicas de lazer.…”

“…Notou-se um interesse dos pesquisadores pela população idosa (Zaitune et al, 2010;Inácio, Salvador & Florindo, 2011;Rocha, Almeida, Araújo & Virtuoso, 2011b;Mourão, Novais, Andreoni & Ramos, 2013;Rocha, Almeida, Araújo, Santos & Rodrigues, 2013;Monteiro, Neri & Coelim, 2014;Costa, Ribeiro & Neri, 2015;Pegorari, Dias, Santos & Tavares, 2015;Santos, Souza, Antes & Dórsil, 2015), bem como pela classe de professores e estudantes (Canabarro, Neutzling & Rombaldi, 2011;Sousa & Nahas, 2011;Pazin, Duarte, Borgatto & Peres, 2012;Sousa et al, 2013;Silva, Silva & Spieker, 2014). Houve também interesse por crianças e adolescentes, referenciados em alguns estudos (Lemos, Nakamura, Grisil & Kokubun, 2010;Lima, Fermino, Oliveira, Añes & Reis, 2013;Fernandes, Christofaro, Dias, Codogno & Oliveira, 2014;Rosini, Bruns, Camillo, Machado & Silva, 2014;Cárdenas-Cárdenas et al, 2015;Dias, Loch & Ronque, 2015;Fernandes et al, 2015;Loch, Porpeta & Brunetto, 2015).…”