Prevalence of chronic diseases and use of medicines among elders who practice supervised physical activity
Objective: To assess the prevalence of chronic diseases and use of medicines among elders who practice supervised physical activity. Methods: The study was conducted from September to October 2011 with 148 individuals, aged over 60 years, women (N =109) and men (N = 39) who practiced supervised phys...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/2942 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2942 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Elderly Exercise Epidemiology Chronic Disease Pharmacology. Idoso Exercício Físico Epidemiologia Doença Crônica Farmacologia. |
| Sumario: | Objective: To assess the prevalence of chronic diseases and use of medicines among elders who practice supervised physical activity. Methods: The study was conducted from September to October 2011 with 148 individuals, aged over 60 years, women (N =109) and men (N = 39) who practiced supervised physical activity, divided into Group 1– water aerobics, Group 2 - weight training, and Group 3 - gymnastics / walking. It was used a questionnaire with general questions (gender, age, type of exercise) and closedended questions about health problems and use of medicines. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), absolute and relative frequency, and Chi-Square test were used for data analysis with a significance level of p |
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