Physical Activity and its Association with Emotional State in the Elderly with Obesity

Objective: to determine the physical activity and the association with emotional state in adults from 60 to 70 years with obesity. Methods: analytical cross-sectional study, carried out at the Family Medicine Unit No. 75 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, from May to July 2019, participant...

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Autores: Mejia Soria, Uriel, Guerrero Morales, Ana Laura, Lorenzo Colorado, Ivonne, Sosa Pérez, Alma Jazmín
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2020
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositório:Atención Familiar
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77654
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/77654
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:obesidad
actividad física
emociones
adultos mayores
Obesity
Physical Activity
Emotions
Older Adults
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Resumo:Objective: to determine the physical activity and the association with emotional state in adults from 60 to 70 years with obesity. Methods: analytical cross-sectional study, carried out at the Family Medicine Unit No. 75 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security, from May to July 2019, participants were included through a non-randomized sample by convenience. The anthropometric measures assessed were: weight, size, and abdominal girth to classify the class of obesity. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (ipaq) and the mood rating scale (Escala de Valoración de Estado de Ánimo) were applied. The results shown are measures of central tendency, frequencies and percentages; the statistical test χ2 was used, considering a significant value of p<0.05 for the association of physical activity and emotional state. Results: 275 adults participated, with an average age of 65.1 years, 39.6% were men and 60.4% women. Of the total population studied, 63.6% presented obesity class I, 29.1% class ii, 7.3% class iii; 28.7% presented low physical activity. In relation to emotional state, joy predominated in 40.7% of the cases that carried out physical activity. Evaluating the association between low physical activity and altered emotional state (depression, anxiety, and anger), an or of 1.9 was detected (1.1, 3.3). Conclusion: low physical activity is associated with an emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression and anger.