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| GONÇALVES, Fellipe Biazin et al |
Quality of life and indicators of depression in elderly women who practice physical exercises in seniors' gyms in the city of Maringá (Pr) |
Health and Research, v. 8, n. 3, p. 557-567, 2015. |
Carried out in the city of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, the objective was to evaluate the quality of life and indicators of depression in elderly women who practice physical activity in elderly academies (ATIs). With 41 elderly women aged 60 to 80 years, who had been exercising for at least 3 months in the (ATIs), they answered the following questionnaires, the (WHOQOL-brefl and WHOQL-old) and the (Geriatric Depression Scale). Which were the instruments used for this study. The results showed 80.6 points in the WHOQOL-brefl and 72.6 in the WHOQL-old. Indicatives of depression had an average score of 2.2 plus or minus 1.6, values that can be considered low and positive. Being considered significant and positive results in relation to quality of life and depression indicators, therefore, physical exercise can be a possible tool for promoting the health of the elderly population. |
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| BENEDETTI, Tânia R. Bertoldo et al. |
Physical activity and mental health status of the elderly |
Journal of Public Health, vol. 42, p. 302-307, 2008. |
Carried out in Florianópolis in 2002, with a sample of 875 elderly people comprising 437 men and 438 women. They were interviewed, and the BOAS and IPAQ questionnaires were applied to obtain mental health and physical activity data. The IPAQ data show that about (93.5%) were considered sedentary in the domain of work and approximately (25.7%) were considered active in the domain of leisure. Regarding mental health, there was an estimate of 13.8% for dementia and 19.7% for depression. I feel pointed out the inverse relationship between the levels of total physical activity and leisure physical activity in relation to the levels of depression. |
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| VIEIRA, José Luiz Lopes; PORCU, Mauro; ROCHA, Priscila Garcia Marques. |
The practice of regular physical exercise as complementary therapy in the treatment of women with depression |
J Bras. Psychiatrist v. 56, no. 1, p. 23-8, 2007. |
Clinical trial, carried out at the Regional University Hospital of Maringá, Paraná. With 18 women with a mean age of 43.66 years with a diagnosis of depression, randomly divided into two groups, a control group and an experimental group. All being assessed at baseline, another assessment at the end of 12 weeks and an assessment 6 months after the intervention. Structured interviews obtained data for completing the Hamilton Depression Scale in the 21-intensive version. – HAMD (Hamilton, 1960) instrument used to measure the levels of depression in each group. The experimental group underwent 12 weeks of regular exercise, using water aerobics as a means, with a frequency of two weekly sessions. Six months after the end of the clinical trial, both groups were re-evaluated and, in this way, the data obtained could be compared, presenting the following results on the Hamilton scale 21 (HAMD): Experimental group: initial assessment 32.66( =3.12), evaluation after 12 weeks 24.88(2.13), and after 6 months 29.66(3.82). Control group: initial evaluation 31,11(3,51), evaluation after 12 weeks without the regular exercise program 30,22(3.04) and after 6 weeks after the end of the clinical trial, they ended up maintaining the same values. In view of the results presented by the clinical trial, it is noted that hydrogymnastics collaborated positively for the experimental group in reducing and controlling the symptoms of depression, pointing out its relevance and being a non-pharmacological option in aid of conventional treatment with antidepressants , considering that the pharmacological treatment only stabilized the depression evaluated in the control group. |
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| MINGHELLI, Beatriz et al. |
Comparison of anxiety and depression levels among active and sedentary elderly people |
Rev. psychiatr. Cin. Vol.40 n°2 São Paulo 2013 |
With 72 elderly people aged 65 years or more of both genders, divided into two groups, the active group GA 34 elderly and the sedentary group GS 38 elderly, including those who did not perform any type of physical activity. Who answered a questionnaire about age, gender, marital status, education, use of antidepressant medication and whether they had any other illness. The instrument used in the research to evaluate the samples was the General Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). It contains 14 items, 7 of which assessed levels of anxiety and another 7 measured levels of depression, in this way the concepts of both are separated. The physical exercise protocols lasted 60 minutes, with warm-up, development and a return to calm. Addressing the following physical skills: strength, balance, flexibility, motor coordination, moderate-intensity aerobic endurance, notions of laterality, recreational games, dances and body expression. Result: the level of physical activity and education were the variables that showed influence, and the GS was 38 times more likely to have symptoms of depression or anxiety. In GS about 35 (92.1%) of the elderly showed levels of anxiety and depression and 3 (7.9%) did not. In GA 8 (23.5%) had depression and anxiety levels and 26 (76.5%) had no symptoms. Thus, it can be concluded that the practice of physical activity can represent an important factor to reduce levels of anxiety and depression. |
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