Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas
Introduction: Aging brings with it a series of changes that affect health status. The presence of chronic diseases, alterations in nutritional status and unhealthy habits and lifestyles affect quality of life. Objective: To describe the nutritional status, the practice of physical activities and the...
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| author | Patricia Alejandra Ríos Guarango Lorena Patricia Yaulema Brito María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cevallos |
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| description | Introduction: Aging brings with it a series of changes that affect health status. The presence of chronic diseases, alterations in nutritional status and unhealthy habits and lifestyles affect quality of life.
Objective: To describe the nutritional status, the practice of physical activities and the perception of quality of life of older adults living in rural communities of the Riobamba canton.
Methods: A basic, descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out. Universe made up of 657 older adults belonging to rural communities in the Riobamba canton. The sample was made up of 244 people. The Coop/Wonca sheet questionnaire was used to determine quality of life. Pearson's correlation test was applied to identify the relationship between the research variables.
Results: The main results included 30.74% of older adults with overweight and 17.21% with obesity; 62.30% of the people surveyed reported not performing systematic physical activities. 70.08% of older adults reported associated comorbidity, where arterial hypertension (35.67%) and hypothyroidism (21.64%) were the most reported. Females presented a worse perception of quality of life compared to male patients. Pain, performing physical activities and changes in health status were the most affected dimensions.
Conclusions: There is a predominance of older adults with nutritional disorders due to excess, who do not perform systematic physical activities and whose perception of quality of life is inadequate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f7e37733e23c4aa88133c36b0cd72db72022-12-30T16:45:29ZspaECIMEDRevista Cubana de Medicina Militar1561-30462022-10-01514e02202132e02202132641Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areasPatricia Alejandra Ríos Guarango0Lorena Patricia Yaulema Brito1María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cevallos2Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo Hospital Andino de ChimborazoEscuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo. Riobamba, Chimborazo, EcuadorEscuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo. Riobamba, Chimborazo, EcuadorIntroduction: Aging brings with it a series of changes that affect health status. The presence of chronic diseases, alterations in nutritional status and unhealthy habits and lifestyles affect quality of life. Objective: To describe the nutritional status, the practice of physical activities and the perception of quality of life of older adults living in rural communities of the Riobamba canton. Methods: A basic, descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out. Universe made up of 657 older adults belonging to rural communities in the Riobamba canton. The sample was made up of 244 people. The Coop/Wonca sheet questionnaire was used to determine quality of life. Pearson's correlation test was applied to identify the relationship between the research variables. Results: The main results included 30.74% of older adults with overweight and 17.21% with obesity; 62.30% of the people surveyed reported not performing systematic physical activities. 70.08% of older adults reported associated comorbidity, where arterial hypertension (35.67%) and hypothyroidism (21.64%) were the most reported. Females presented a worse perception of quality of life compared to male patients. Pain, performing physical activities and changes in health status were the most affected dimensions. Conclusions: There is a predominance of older adults with nutritional disorders due to excess, who do not perform systematic physical activities and whose perception of quality of life is inadequate.https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2132actividad físicaenfermedades crónicas no transmisiblesenvejecimientoestado nutricionalhábitos y estilos de vida saludables. |
| spellingShingle | Patricia Alejandra Ríos Guarango Lorena Patricia Yaulema Brito María de los Ángeles Rodríguez Cevallos Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar actividad física enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles envejecimiento estado nutricional hábitos y estilos de vida saludables. |
| title | Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| title_full | Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| title_fullStr | Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| title_short | Physical activity, nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| title_sort | physical activity nutritional status and quality of life in older adults from rural areas |
| topic | actividad física enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles envejecimiento estado nutricional hábitos y estilos de vida saludables. |
| url | https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2132 |
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