Nível de atividade física, sintomas climatéricos e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde em mulheres na pós-menopausa

Abstract

<jats:p>The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the level of physical activity, climacteric symptoms and health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women. The cross-sectional study included 100 postmenopausal women using a public leisure park. A questionnaire regarding the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics was applied. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) was used to assess climacteric symptoms and health-related quality of life, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (short version) to estimate the level of physical activity. The average age of women was 56.8 years. Insufficiently active women had higher overall score and MRS domains than physically active ones, indicating higher intensity of climacteric symptoms (&lt;0.001). Most (83.3%) of physically active women had a higher level of health-related quality of life, while in the insufficiently active group, only 10% had this condition (&lt;0.001). Active women were 10.6 times more likely to have better health-related quality of life than insufficiently active women. Regular physical activity seems to contribute positively to the reduction of climacteric symptoms and better health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women.Keywords: menopause, physical activity, quality of life.</jats:p>

Promoção Da Saúde E Qualidade De Vida Na Pós- Menopausa: Um Relato De Experiência

“…A educação em saúde e a prática de exercícios físicos são algumas alternativas não farmacológicas que têm se mostrado eficazes na redução dos sintomas do climatério e na prevenção primária e secundária de inúmeros desfechos adversos, como doenças crônicas e incapacidade (DINIZ et al, 2017;CABRAL et al, 2020). Diversos são os estudos que mostram resultados positivos associados à prática de atividade física, à participação de atividades em grupo e à capacidade de autogestão da saúde (ECKSTROM et al, 2020;MARKLE-REID et al, 2018).…”