Qualidade de vida e atividade física: um estudo correlacional em idosos com hipertensão arterial sistêmica / Quality of life and physical activity: a correlational study in elderly with systemic hypertension
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the quality of life and the level of physical activity of elderly people with Systemic Arterial Hypertension in the city of Mandaguaçu - PR. The sample had 48 elderly people from both genders with hypertension. These people participated in the HIPERDIA program. The SF 36 instrument was used to analyze the quality of life, and IPAQ for measuring the level of physical activity. For data analysis, the "U" Mann-Whitney, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman tests were used (p ≤ 0.05). The elderlywho had high levels of physical activity (83.3%) were considered active. There were significant correlations between the quality of life in functional capacity, limitations on physical aspects and vitality aspects with moderate and vigorous physical activity. At the end of the research, it was possible to conclude that the more the participants practiced moderate and vigorous physical activities, the better it was for the quality of life in the functional capacity aspect.