The relation between physical activity and quality of life / A relação entre atividade física e a qualidade de vida

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between physical activity and quality of life of the individuals. Within this purpose 228 volunteer university students had been researched, being 59 male and 169 female, range of age between 18 and 56 years, mean of 28,7 years (SD=8,6). To analyze quality of life was used the Quality of Life Index created by FERRANS and POWERS (KIMURA, 1999).. The instrument elaborated by AADAHL and JORGENSEN (SANTOS and SIMÕES, 2009) was used to measure level of physical activity. To analyze it was established the Pearson correlation coefficient between quality of life and its domains with level of physical activity, along with binary logistic regression. In a scale from 0 to 30 were found 21,9 points as mean (SD=4,1) for the Quality of Life Index QLI. The Physical Activity Level PAL reached 48,8 METs (SD=10,2). The correlation coefficient between quality of life and level of physical activity was 0,09. The correlation coefficients found between domains of quality of life and level of physical activity had been: QLIhealthy PAL=0,10; QLIsocialPAL=0,09; QLIpsycologicPAL=0,13 and QLIfamiliarPAL = -0,06. According the instruments used on this research and the data collected no significant statistical relationship was found between different levels of physical activity and the different indexes of quality of life

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quality of life qualidade de vida estudantes universitários physical activity atividade física university students

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