tailieunhanh - Physical activity and mental health status among elderly people

The population of disabled elderly in the United States is growing rapidly. The number of Americans who will suffer functional disability due to arthritis, stroke, diabetes, coronary artery disease, cancer, or cognitive impairment is expected to increase at least 300 percent by Although people tend to develop chronic conditions as they age, growing old does not have to mean becoming disabled. Research sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) led to the development of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), a patient self-management program that can help prevent or delay disability even in patients with arthritis, heart disease, or These patients are taught how to better manage their. | Rev Saúde Pública 2008 42 2 Tânia R Bertoldo Benedetti1 Lucélia Justino Borges1 Edio Luiz Petroski1 Lúcia Hisako Takase Gonẹalves Physical activity and mental health status among elderly people ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between physical activity level and mental health status among elderly people. METHODS This was a population-based survey with a probabilistic sample of 875 elderly people from a city of Southern Brazil in 2002. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Brazil Old Age Schedule questionnaire were applied. The mental health problems evaluated were depressions and dementia. Total physical activity leisure-time occupation transportation and housework . After descriptive and bivariate analyses adjusted analyses were performed by means of logistic regression with adjustment for the factors of total physical activity leisure-time activity and depression and dementia scores. RESULTS There were statistically significant inverse associations between dementia and depression with total physical activity and leisure-time physical activity. The odds ratio for total physical activity adjusted for dementia among sedentary subjects in comparison with active subjects was 95 CI while the respective value adjusted for depression was 95 CI . CONCLUSIONS The results reinforce the importance of active lifestyles for preventing mental health problems among elderly people. It is inferred that the physical activity was able to reduce and or delay the risks of dementia although it cannot be stated that dementia is avoided through physical activity. DESCRIPTORS Aged. Mental Health. Exercise. Physical Fitness. Aging. Morbidity Surveys. I Programa de Pós-Graduaẹão em Educaẹão Fisica. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC . Florianópolis SC Brasil II Programa de Pós-Graduaẹão em Enfermagem. UFSC. Florianópolis SC Brasil Correspondence Tânia R. Bertoldo Benedetti Departamento de Educaẹão Fisica Universidade .