Nível de qualidade de vida de mulheres que praticam atividade física em Unidades de Saúde de Curitiba

Abstract

Physical activity is a fundamental part of public health programs aimed at health promotion, as it is known to improve quality of life and reduce the vulnerability of developing diseases. Thus, in order to stimulate their practice and healthy life habits, Curitiba City Hall performs several actions, including practices of aerobic activities and localized gymnastics, in the Health Units of Curitiba. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the influence of the physical activity program of the Health Units of Curitiba on the quality of life of the practitioners. This research was of the descriptive exploratory type, with a pre-experimental design. To that end, 15 women aged 52 years, 97% retired, who practice physical activity in these Health Units were invited to participate in the study. They answered two questionnaires, one with sociodemographic questions and the Brazilian Version of the Quality Questionnaire of Life -SF-36. Thus, after the invitation, information on the procedures and signing of the Informed Consent Form, the participants answered the questionnaires before (pre) and after (three) months of the practice of activity. For the analysis of the data a descriptive statistic was applied to characterize the sample, and the Student’s T test was used to verify differences of the group in the pre and post intervention conditions. The variables were tested with a significance level of p <0.05. The results showed a significant increase in functional capacity (PRÉ, 83.61 ± 12.15 and PÓS, 88.16 ± 9.89). No significant differences were found in the other domains: physical appearance (PRÉ, 93,00 ± 5,64 and PÓS, 93,33 ± 5,27); (PRÉ, 72.86 ± 8.0 and POS, 69.52 ± 6.45); vitality (PRÉ; 72 ± 7.0 and POS; 70 ± 8.0); general health status (PRÉ: 72.51 ± 6.40 and PÓS: 72.91 ± 5.11); mental health (PRÉ; 79 ± 6.70 and POS; 77 ± 8.41); social aspect (PRÉ; 91 ± 9,15 and POS; 93 ± 8,12); emotional aspect (PRÉ; 90.3 ± 8.15 and POS; 93.06 ± 7.0); mental aspect (PRÉ; 80.6 ± 8.55 and POS; 79.36 ± 7.80); physical dimension (PRÉ 72.86 ± 8.0 and POS 69.52 ± 6.45); (PRÉ, 72 ± 7.0 and POS, 70 ± 8.0); SF-36 total (PRÉ 72 ± 7.0 and POS 70 ± 8.0). Therefore, the present research showed that the level of quality of life of the practitioners of physical activity programs in Curitiba health unit perceived through the QSF-36, was high when compared to other studies. Significant changes were observed in the three months of intervention for functional capacity, significant changes were not noticed in the other domains.