Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity level and health related quality of life in elderly people. Design: Between January and April 2017, a cross-sectional study of 114 elderly people (73 males and 41 females) conducted this study. Their mean age was (71 ± 5.24) and the mean body mass index (BMI) was (29 ± 3.31). The participating elderly were classified according to walking duration into two groups, low level of physical activity (walking duration <150 min/week) and high level of physical activity (walking duration > 300 min/week). The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was measured using the Euro Qol-5dimensions-3 levels scale questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L). Statistical analysis was used to determine the relation between the physical activity and HRQoL scores in elderly people. Results: The measures showed statistically significant differences between high and low physical activity groups (p < 0.05). The group of high physical activity showed higher HRQoL scores more than the group of low physical activity in the all five dimensions. The low level group showed high predominance of the chronic disease. Conclusions: High level of physical activity has a beneficial effect on all dimensions of the HRQoL in elderly people. Effort and awareness should be dedicated to encouraging the active lifestyle among different population especially elderly people.
Highlights
Aging is rapidly increasing worldwide [1], health governments are highly interested in protecting and advancing the level of health with live ignited and sustaining the maximum life quality
High level of physical activity has a beneficial effect on all dimensions of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in elderly people
Effort and awareness should be dedicated to encouraging the active lifestyle among different population especially elderly people
Summary
Aging is rapidly increasing worldwide [1], health governments are highly interested in protecting and advancing the level of health with live ignited and sustaining the maximum life quality. Many various approaches of HRQL live, the HRQoL was defined as the measure appointed for the life period, which adjusted with the deteriorations, conditions of function, intuitions and possibility socially that are affected through illness, injuries, handling or treatment and guidelines [4]. The HRQoL model comprises of many domains, including overall quality of life (QoL), general health, symptom, biological, and functional statuses, the mentioned five domains and include environmental and individual dimensions. Every domain affects directly on the subsequent domain (function status is affected by symptom status and this affected by biological variables). The environmental and individual variables influence directly all domains measure except biological domain [5]
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