Health-Related Quality of Life Measures for Physically Active Elderly in Community Exercise Programs in Catalonia: Comparative Analysis with Sedentary People

Objective. To evaluate Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), medication used, and Stock of Health Capital (SHC) in physically active elderly participants in Community Exercise Programs (CEPs) compared to a sedentary group.Methods.EuroQol standardized instrument was completed by physically active e...

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Authors: Fortuño Godes, Jesús, Guerra-Balic, Myriam, Cabedo Sanromà, Josep
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repository:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
OAI Identifier:oai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/2298
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/2298
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/168482
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Exercici per a persones grans
Sedentarisme
Qualitat de vida
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Summary:Objective. To evaluate Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), medication used, and Stock of Health Capital (SHC) in physically active elderly participants in Community Exercise Programs (CEPs) compared to a sedentary group.Methods.EuroQol standardized instrument was completed by physically active elderly (n = 2,185) who participated in CEPs. Common items were compared to HRQoL data of 1,874 sedentary elderly people,taken from the Catalan Health Survey 2006 (CHS’06).Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) outcomes and medication used were assessed through parametric statistics. Dimensions of health conditions were compared, between sedentary people and physically active elderly participants in CEPs.SHC results were obtained combining the EuroQol scores and Life Expectancy (LE) values. An economic value of C34,858.70 was assigned to these years of LE. Results. Physically active subjects had better HRQoL values(75.36 in males and 70.71 infemales) than CHS’06 sedentary subjects(58.35 in males and 50.59 in females).Medication used was different between physically active subjects(1.89 in males and 2.87 infemales) and CHS’06 sedentary subjects (4.34 in males and 4.21 in females). SHC data for physically active elderly (C465,988.31/QALY in males and C522,550.31/QALY in females) were higher than for CHS’06 sedentary subjects (C363,689.33/QALY in males and C346,615.91/QALY in females).

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