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Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion
Fortaleza University
ISSN: 1806-1222 EISSN: 1806-1222
Vol. 25, No. 2, 2012, pp. 209-214
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Bioline Code: bh12031
Full paper language: Portuguese
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2012, pp. 209-214
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PREVALÊNCIA DE DOENÇAS CRÔNICAS E PRÁTICA DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA EM ADULTOS E IDOSOS
da Silveira, Michele Marinho; Pasqualotti, Adriano & Colussi, Eliane Lucia
Resumo
Objetivo: Avaliar a relacao entre a prevalencia de doencas cronicas, diabete mellitus
e hipertensao arterial sistemica, e a pratica da atividade fisica. Métodos: Estudo do tipo
transversal, que contempla variaveis descritivas e de associacao, no qual participaram 53
sujeitos adultos e idosos que frequentavam as oficinas de informatica oferecidas pelo Centro
Regional de Estudos e Atividades a Terceira Idade, da Universidade de Passo Fundo. Para
analisar as associacoes entre as variaveis de desfecho utilizaram-se os teste U de Mann-
Whitney e exato de Fischer, para um nivel de significancia de p ≤ 0,05. Resultados: A pratica
de atividade fisica mostrou-se elevada e com pouca diferenca entre os sexos. Com relacao as
patologias, a hipertensao arterial foi prevalente para ambos os sexos; ja a diabetes mellitus se
mostrou mais prevalente para o sexo masculino. Conclusoes: A pratica regular de atividade
fisica faz parte da vida dos sujeitos pesquisados, mas, mesmo assim, ha ocorrencia de
doencas cronicas, principalmente a hipertensao arterial, para homens e mulheres, e a diabetes
mellitus, para os homens.
Palavras-chave
Atividade Motora; Doença Crônica; Envelhecimento
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Prevalence of chronic diseases and practice of physical activity among adults and elderly
da Silveira, Michele Marinho; Pasqualotti, Adriano & Colussi, Eliane Lucia
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate correlation between the prevalence of chronic diseases, diabetes
mellitus and hypertension, and physical activity. Methods: A cross-sectional study,
regarding descriptive variables and association, in which took part 53 adult and elderly
subjects attending computer workshops offered by the Regional Center of Studies and
Activities for the Third Age, managed by University of Passo Fundo. To analyze association
between outcome variables, Mann-Whitney U test and Fisherfs exact test were used, for a
significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: Practice of physical activity was high and presented
little difference between the sexes. With respect to diseases, hypertension was prevalent in
both sexes, whereas diabetes mellitus was more prevalent among males. Conclusions: The
practice of regular physical activity is part of daily life for the subjects studied, but even so,
chronic diseases occur, especially hypertension, for men and women, and diabetes mellitus,
among men.
Keywords
Motor Activity; Chronic Disease; Aging
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