Quality of life in Brazil: normative values for the Whoqol-bref in a southern general population sample

Cruz, Luciane Nascimento; Polanczyk, Carísi Anne; Camey, Suzi Alves; Hoffmann, Juliana Feliciati; Fleck, Marcelo P.

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“…It was observed that the athletes under study obtained higher physical health values than those of the general population aged between 20 and 29 years 19 . These may be due to the possibility that, when planned, regular PA improves physical conditioning, enhances sleep quality and controls the use of medication, when necessary.…”

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“…It is important to remember that tennis, paddle, cycling and triathlon were considered individual sports, and that an earlier study in Pelotas involving 3,136 subjects over the age of 20 years reported that less than 1% of the population played tennis 27 ; the other sports were not included in the study, possibly because they are associated with higher socioeconomic levels and require the use of specific venues and costly equipment. Thus, it is likely that other factors not assessed, such as economic status and schooling level, are associated with the higher environmental domain 19 . Correlations were found between the domains and overall score, but the WHOQOL-bref results were not correlated with time engaged in the sport or number and duration of weekly training sessions.…”

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“…The score of each item varies from 1 to 5 on a Likert scale and is converted into a linear scale between 0 and 100, 0 representing the worst quality of life and 100 the highest 18,19 . The WHOQOL-bref in Brazilian Portuguese is valid and reliable for use in the country, in addition to demonstrating good psychometric qualities 17 .…”

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Quality of life of male amateur athletes from Pelotas, Brazil

Dall’Agnol

Silva

Vecchio

2017

Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde

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The aims of the present study were to assess and compare the health habits and quality of life (QoL) of amateur athletes in different sports. A total of 88 male amateur athletes, engaged in team (n=33), individual (n=30) and combat sports (n=25) aged between 18 and 35 years participated in the experiment. The subjects underwent individual anamnesis and completed the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire to measure QoL. Information on the frequency and duration of training sessions was also collected. According to the findings, team sport athletes consumed more alcoholic beverages, and those from individual sports obtained higher values in the physical (83.7 ± 9.3 vs 76.8 ± 9.5 points, p = 0.03) and environmental domains (73.4 ± 11.6 vs 66.3 ± 8.9 points, p = 0.03) and overall QoL score (81.2 ± 6.7 vs 75.2 ± 7.9 points, p = 0.01), respectively. No correlations were found between QoL domains and time engaged in the sport (r = 0.01; p = 0.91), number of weekly training sessions (r = 0.09; p = 0.39) and session duration (r = -0.06; p = 0.59). Comparison of QoL results with those of the general population revealed higher levels in the physical and psychological components of amateur athletes. In the present study, engaging in sports was associated with higher QoL levels in amateur athletes, particularly in the physical and psychological domains. Moreover, correlations were found between the overall score and domains of QoL. KeywordsQuality of life; Sport; Athletic performance; Exercise; Social environment. (83,7 ± 9,3 vs 76,8 ± 9,5 pontos, p = 0,03), ambiental (73,4 ± 11,6 vs 66,3 ± 8,9 pontos, p = 0,03) e no escore geral de QV (81,2 ± 6,7 vs 75,2 ± 7,9 pontos, p = 0,01) Resumo Os objetivos do estudo foram avaliar e comparar hábitos de saúde e níveis de Qualidade de Vida (QV) de atletas amadores de diferentes grupos de modalidades esportivas. Participaram deste estudo 88 atletas amadores do sexo masculino, praticantes de modalidades coletivas (n=33), individuais (n=30) e lutas (n=25) entre 18 e 35 anos. Os envolvidos preencheram anamnese individual e, para medida de QV, responderam o questionário WHOQOL-bref. Informações sobre frequência e duração de sessões de treinamento também foram coletadas. De acordo com os achados, atletas de modalidades coletivas exibiram maior consumo de bebidas alcoólicas. Quando comparados a estes, os praticantes de modalidades individuais apresentaram valores superiores nos domínios físico

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Quality of life of male amateur athletes from Pelotas, Brazil

Dall’Agnol

Silva

Vecchio

2017

Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde

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“…Considering that the population of the present investigation is allocated between two age group proposed (30-44 years and 45-64 years), the physical domain presents respectively 57.9 ± 10,5 points and 59.2 ± 10.2 points, the psychological 62.5 ± 12.4 points and 63 ± 12.3 points, social relations 68.9 ± 21,7 points and 72.7 ± 17.3 points and ending the domain of environment 59.7 ± 15.1 points to the group between 30-44 years and of 62.2 ± 15.9 points to people between 45 and 64 years 27 . e data of the present study are higher compared to all these results and higher compared to B 28 , that analyzed the level of quality of life in the physical exercise practitioners (45-59 years old).…”

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“…Regarding quality of life, recently the normative values of WHOQOL-Bref were presented 27 . Considering that the population of the present investigation is allocated between two age group proposed (30-44 years and 45-64 years), the physical domain presents respectively 57.9 ± 10,5 points and 59.2 ± 10.2 points, the psychological 62.5 ± 12.4 points and 63 ± 12.3 points, social relations 68.9 ± 21,7 points and 72.7 ± 17.3 points and ending the domain of environment 59.7 ± 15.1 points to the group between 30-44 years and of 62.2 ± 15.9 points to people between 45 and 64 years 27 .…”

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Força de preensão manual, nível de atividade física e qualidade de vida de competidores máster de judô

Dimare

Vecchio

Xavier

2016

Rev. bras. educ. fís. esporte

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The Judo is one of the most popular sports modalities in the world, activating all body segments, induce the increase of muscle strength, increase flexibility and balance and generates improvements of neurologic and psychologic aspects [1][2][3] . Moreover, the Judo can be practiced for children and adolescents 4 . However, few attention has been aimed to others age groups, although it would be interesting investigate the impact of long time martial arts training in the physical tness and health of subjects [5][6] . Although muscle strength is a physical capacity fundamental to obtain success in the modality 3 , ghters did not show high values when compared with no ghters in the peak of handgrip isometric strength (PHIS), but the ghters showed lower fatigue rate when there is sustenance of contraction for 10 seconds 7 . Furthermore, it is well know that the PHIS have a positive correlation with health parameters [8][9][10] . Among institutionalized elderly, for instance, it was observed that lower levels of PHIS become the elderly susceptible to falls 11 .On the other hand, it is well known that the Judo can contribute to the psychosocial development of the practitioners include with great development of character, respect, sincerity, courage and auto control 12 . e quality of life (QL), in turn, was object of study in Germans practitioners from di erent oriental martial arts, and it was observed that perception of QL was higher when compared to no practitioners, probably because the practice of martial arts it involves physical tness and social and spiritual aspects 13 . Between Brazilian elite athletes, it was observed that men shown di erent values compared to women regarding the personal belief domain 14 , however, more studies are necessary.us, the martial arts have been used to improve the level of physical activity of elderly as well as to improvement of physical tness and quality of life 6 . AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate and test the correlation between isometric handgrip (IH), physical activity level (PA) and quality of life (QOL) of master judo competitors. The sample was composed by 44 men (45-64 years) participating in the Pan-American Master Judo Championships, 2011. To evaluate the handgrip strength was used isometric handgrip test. Additionally, were employed WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire and Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ). In the statistical analysis, after checking the normal distribution of the data, they are presented as mean [95% confi dence interval]. In the comparison between age groups, we conducted analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey post-hoc. For bivariate correlations, we used the Pearson test. The judo athletes showed: 1) high amount of PA (661 min of moderate to vigorous PA) when considering the population recommendations; 2) moderate values of FIPM (bilateral sum equal to 87.1 [82.3 -91.9] kgf) compared with physically active people and the elderly; and 3) QOL scores higher than in other studies. Additionally, we highlight two main fi ndings, no signif...

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