Increase In Quality Of Life In Older Adults By Physical Activity Practice

Abstract

The growth of the relative participation of older people in daily activities can be explained by the increase in longevity, a pattern that has been evident for several decades because life expectancy has increased. The general objective of this investigation has been to know the habits of life, quality of life, and habits of practice of physical activity, of the group of elderly people of the centers of the Murciano Institute of Social Action (IMAS), of the Region of Murcia, which carries out many physical activity programs in all its municipalities. These socio-motor programs are aimed at maintaining the physical condition and the cognitive aspects that can be altered by aging, whose purpose is to maintain an active life and progress in years progressively and of course achieve a good and better life quality. The instrument used has been a questionnaire on healthy habits and practice of Physical and Sports Activity in older people. The results obtained lead us to believe that the practice of physical activity favors the improvement of a good quality of life. And one of our conclusions is that to increase the quality of life in the elderly, we must improve those situations in which people live and that include measures or actions aimed at social equality, achieving the best level of health to allow them to function in a way autonomous and have a good quality of life.