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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
Bioline Code: bh12031
Full paper language: Portuguese
Document type: Research Article
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Brazilian Journal in Health Promotion, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2012, pp. 209-214

 pt 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

 
 en 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 Fisherfs 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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