Análise comparativa da qualidade de vida de adultos e idosos envolvidos com a prática regular de atividade física / Comparative analysis of quality of life of adult and elderly involved in the practice of regular physical activity
Foram encontradas diferenças significantes para os domínios psicológico, relações sociais e qualidade de vida geral, sendo que os idosos apresentaram os maiores valores médios.
One hundred seventeen subjects engaged in physical activity, aged between 40 and 80 years, were investigated. To characterize the sample, the variables age, sex, income and educational level were analyzed. For comparison between groups of adults and the elderly were analyzed variables weight, height, body mass index, domains and facets of quality of life (Whoqol-Bref). The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to analyze normality, and the Mann-Whitney test compared continuous or sortable between two independent groups; the value adopted was p<0.05.
RESULTS:
Significant differences were found for the psychological domain, social relationships domain and overall, and the elderly had the highest mean values.