Physical Activity and Quality of Life: Assessing the Influence of Activity Frequency, Intensity, Volume, and Motives

Abstract

In the present study, the authors investigated the impact of exercise frequency, intensity, and volume along with exercise motives on quality of life (QOL) reports. The authors assessed exercise habits with the Godin Leisure Time Activity Scale and measured exercise motives with the Reasons for Exercise Inventory. The Quality of Life Inventory assessed satisfaction in 16 domains including health, work, and recreation. High-frequency exercisers reported significantly higher health, helping, and community-related QOL than those who exercised less frequently. The authors noted significantly higher health-related QOL in the heavy volume group compared with the other volume groups. Multiple regression tests revealed that activity intensity and exercise motives significantly predicted QOL reports. The strongest bivariate correlations with QOL existed for mild activity and exercising for fitness and health reasons. Thus, high-frequency activity of mild intensity that produces high kcal utilization and is performed to improve health and fitness has the strongest influence on QOL reports.

Elaboração de um manual ilustrado de exercícios domiciliares para pacientes com hemiparesia secundária ao acidente vascular encefálico (AVE)

“…Foi orientada a realização diária domiciliar, tendo em vista que a repetição influencia no aprendizado motor 13 . Foi observado que 91% dos pacientes realizaram os exercícios orientados mais de três vezes por semana, mantendo, portanto, alta frequência de treinamento, o que pode resultar em ganhos funcionais e maior qualidade de vida 6,14,26 . Sobre o tempo de reavaliação para analisar a adesão ao exercício, não há suporte na literatura.…”

Quality of Life Assessment for Physical Activity and Health Promotion

“…For example, positive relationships between physical activity and QoL were found in six studies with samples ranging from frail older adults to population based surveys (Brown, et al 2003;Lee and Russell 2003;Lustyk et al 2004;Schechtman and Ory 2001;Schmitz et al 2004;Stathi et al 2002). Although the conclusions of these representative studies are consistent, every study cited used a different QoL measure.…”

Interventionseffekte einer Aktivitätserhöhung von 3000 Schritten mehr am Tag

“…Korrespondierend sind die erhaltenen Ergebnisse mit den Interventionsstudien der Arbeitsgruppen um Okamoto, Morimoto und Fisher [37][38][39]. Des Weiteren bestätigen die vorliegenden Ergebnisse die Erkenntnisse der Arbeitsgruppe um Lustyk et al, welche 2004 den Einfl uss der Belastungssteuerung auf die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität untersuchte und zu dem Schluss kam, dass eine hohe Frequenz an moderater körperlicher Aktivität, wie sie womöglich in der vorliegenden Intervention existiert, den größten Einfl uss hat [40].…”