Self-assessment of health status and motor activity of women living in rural areas

Abstract

The article covers the question of health and motor activity of women living in rural areas. Women rated their health status as mediocre (70.0%), good (11.8%), satisfactory (8.1%), ideal (3.9%), unsatisfactory (6.2%). 37.7% of women did not fall ill during the year, 22.5% of respondents fell ill for about two weeks, 20.0% of women about a month, 9.7% of those respondents for more than a month, for more than two month 10.1% women which living in the countryside. Among the means used by rural women to promote and restore health, the first ranked places are: medicines (used by 69.8% of mature women and 98.5% of women of retirement age), folk medicine (24.5% and 37.8% of women of mature and retirement age respectively).
 It was found that rural women rate their own motor activity as medium (36.1%), high (25.2%), low (24.7%). 14.0% of women were undecided. The motor activity of rural women is mainly of a household nature related to the various farm works. Women living in rural areas also indicated the dependence of their motor activity on the time of year. The lowest level of motor activity is observed in winter, due to the lack of work on land, gardens, etc. The analysis of the statistics of recent years shows the deterioration of the health of the population of Ukraine, caused by insufficient physical activity, poor diet, bad habits, environmental pollution. The state of health of the population is one of the most important social indicators of social progress, the potential of economic growth of the state, which reflects the welfare of the nation, its socio-economic, demographic, environmental, sanitary and hygienic status Rural women pay insufficient attention to specially organized motor activity. Exercise systematically 11.5% of rural women, most (65.8%) consider them necessary, but do not exercise, citing the lack of time and conditions for employment, and 22.7% of rural women do not see the need for carry out physical exercises. It is worth noting that the activity of rural women in physical activity decreases with age.