Improvements in health-related quality of life, cardio-metabolic health, and fitness in postmenopausal women after a supervised, multicomponent, adapted exercise program in a suited health promotion intervention: a multigroup study

Godoy-Izquierdo, Débora; Guevara, Nicolás Mendoza Ladrón de; Vélez-Toral, Mercedes; Galván, Carlos de Teresa; Ballesteros, Alberto; García, J.

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“…En este estudio, la flexión de pierna, la flexión de brazo, la flexibilidad de tronco y la CF general estuvieron correlacionados con la mayoría de las dimensiones de CV de forma positiva y significativa. Estos resultados coinciden con estudios previos donde la CF del tren inferior y superior mostró asociación con la CV en las mujeres de mediana edad (Godoy-Izquierdo et al, 2017;Moratalla-Cecilia et al, 2016;Ruiz-Montero et al, 2021). Con respecto a la fuerza muscular, tanto la del tren superior como del tren interior podrían estar fuertemente relacionadas con menores síntomas menopaúsicos (Aparicio et al, 2017;Mishra, Devanshi, & Mishra, 2011).…”

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Calidad de Vida: Actividad y Condición Física en mujeres adultas. Un estudio descriptivo (Quality of Life: Physical Activity and Fitness in adult women. A descriptive study)

Ureña¹,

Ruíz²,

Benítez-Sillero³

2022

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Hay gran interés por los beneficios psicológicos que las personas obtienen al realizar actividad física (AF). Practicar AF de forma regular ayuda a mantener una adecuada condición física (CF) y calidad de vida (CV), sin embargo, existe poca literatura científica centrada en la adultez madura. El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido analizar si existen relaciones transversales entre la AF y la CF con los niveles de CV en un grupo de mujeres de mediana edad adscritas a programas de ejercicio físico, de un grupo de 88 mujeres de la provincia de Córdoba con una edad media de 53.85 años. La CF se registró midiendo la altura y el peso y se utilizó la batería de pruebas Senior Fitness Test (SFT); para medir el nivel de AF se utilizó el Cuestionario Internacional de Actividad Física (IPAQ), y para determinar el nivel de CV se usó el Cuestionario de Salud SF-36. Los resultados mostraron que la edad, el IMC, la CF, AF y el comportamiento de AF fueron predictores del componente físico SF-36 explicando el 39% y del componente mental explicando el 46% de su variabilidad. Estos resultados se discuten con relación a las investigaciones previas sobre CV y AF y CF sosteniendo que unos buenos niveles de CF son necesarios para mantener la salud y la CV también en los años del ciclo vital que denominamos madurez de la vida adulta. Palabras clave. Actividad física, condición física, calidad de vida, mujeres, adultez madura. Abstract. There is great interest in the psychological benefits that people derive from physical activity (PA). Regular PA helps to maintain adequate physical fitness (PF) and quality of life (QOL), however, there is little scientific literature focused on mature adulthood. The aim of this research was to analyse whether there are cross-sectional relationships between PA and PF with QOL levels in a group of middle-aged women enrolled in physical exercise programmes, from a group of 88 women in the province of Cordoba with a mean age of 53.85 years. PF was recorded by measuring height and weight and the Senior Fitness Test battery (SFT) was used; the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to measure the level of PA, and the SF-36 Health Questionnaire was used to determine the level of QoL. The results showed that age, BMI, PF, PA and PA behaviour were predictors of the SF-36 physical component explaining 39% and of the mental component explaining 46% of its variability. These results are discussed in relation to previous research on QoL and PA and PF arguing that good levels of QF are necessary to maintain health and QoL also in the years of the life cycle that we call mature adulthood. Key words. Physical activity, physical fitness, quality of life, women, mature adulthood.

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Calidad de Vida: Actividad y Condición Física en mujeres adultas. Un estudio descriptivo (Quality of Life: Physical Activity and Fitness in adult women. A descriptive study)

Ureña¹,

Ruíz²,

Benítez-Sillero³

2022

Retos

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“…The latter consist of both structural (e.g., objective BMI and body composition using bioelectrical impedance analysis) and functional indicators (e.g., heart functioning, aerobic aptitude index) as well as fitness indicators [ 92 ]. These measures are fully described elsewhere [ 93 , 94 ].…”

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The AHAWOMEN project: study protocol of a multi-design research for exploring HAPA predictors of exercise in postmenopausal women

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Background The postmenopausal period can represent an opportunity for women to improve their health and well-being. The Active and Healthy Ageing in Women during early postmenopause (AHAWOMEN) study aims to identify the key determinants of an active lifestyle among middle-aged women, with a focus on the stages and the social-cognitive variables outlined in the Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) model, a theoretical framework for understanding health behaviour change. We expected that HAPA factors and processes of intention creation (motivational phase) and action adoption (volitional phase) will be significant predictors of exercise initiation and maintenance, supporting both the HAPA tenets and the efficacy of HAPA-based interventions. Methods/design This study was approved by the authors’ Institutional Review Committee. Postmenopausal women aged between 45 and 65 years will voluntarily participate. The participants will be allocated to one of three groups: Intervention-Initiators (n = 100, random allocation), Control-Sedentary (n = 100, random allocation) or Control-Active (n = 100, non-random allocation). The intervention group will engage in a supervised exercise programme lasting at least 3 months, supplemented with a HAPA-based intervention for behaviour change. The sedentary control group will not receive any intervention to change their physical activity, while the active control group will consist of women who are already regularly adhering to an active lifestyle. Study variables will be measured at baseline and postintervention phases, as well as at 1, 3, 6 and 12-month follow-ups. The predictors of exercise behaviour in the different phases of the behavioural change process will be explored and compared within and between groups throughout the study. These analyses will help identify the factors that determine the adoption of a healthy active behaviour. Additionally, the effectiveness of the model and the intervention for changing active behaviour will be evaluated. Discussion This paper describes the rationale, development and methods used in the AHAWOMEN project. Supporting women who intend to become active can help them to translate their goals into sustainable action. Verifying that the HAPA predictions are applicable to postmenopausal women’s adoption of exercise would provide the basis for designing effective interventions for promoting healthy and active ageing that are also tailored to the experiences of middle-aged women. Trial registration ISRCTN16251361. Registration date: 01/06/2023 (retrospectively registered).

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“…All included studies used surveys as their primary method of collecting data on psychological and social health outcomes, and most studies also reported menopausal stage and PA levels through self-reported questionnaires. The 33 intervention studies involved aerobic exercise [44][45][46][47][48][49][50], aerobic exercise and resistance training [38,[51][52][53][54], aerobic exercise vs yoga [39], resistance training [55,56], aerobic exercise and educational lectures [57][58][59][60][61][62], walking [63][64][65][66][67][68][69], walking vs yoga [70][71][72][73] and walking and educational lectures [74]. Twenty-one of the intervention studies reported using randomized controlled trials.…”

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“…Finally, no significant association is found between PA levels and QoL in rural women [93]. Likewise, most intervention studies find that a variety of forms of PA have a positive impact on QoL, specifically aerobic exercise [38,44,51,54,57,66,99], resistance exercise [51,55], walking [57,70,72], and nutrition/health education combined with aerobic exercise [57,58]. In addition, one intervention study shows maintained improvements in QoL over time [54].…”

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Psychological and social health outcomes of physical activity around menopause: A scoping review of research

Hybholt

2022

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Improvements in health-related quality of life, cardio-metabolic health, and fitness in postmenopausal women after a supervised, multicomponent, adapted exercise program in a suited health promotion intervention: a multigroup study

Abstract: Our findings parallel previous empirical evidence showing the benefits associated with regular exercise, and add evidence to the association of positive outcomes in HRQoL with improvements in cardio-metabolic health and fitness status after the adoption of an active lifestyle.

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Calidad de Vida: Actividad y Condición Física en mujeres adultas. Un estudio descriptivo (Quality of Life: Physical Activity and Fitness in adult women. A descriptive study)

Calidad de Vida: Actividad y Condición Física en mujeres adultas. Un estudio descriptivo (Quality of Life: Physical Activity and Fitness in adult women. A descriptive study)

The AHAWOMEN project: study protocol of a multi-design research for exploring HAPA predictors of exercise in postmenopausal women

Psychological and social health outcomes of physical activity around menopause: A scoping review of research

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