Objective:
To analyze the relationship between quality of life and level of physical activity in elderly with disabilities in long-term institutions.
Methods:
Exploratory study conducted with 55 elderly, through questionnaires from the World Health Organization about quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref), for elderly (WHOQOL-Old), and on physical activity (IPAQ-Long), besides medical charts.
Results:
Most elderly were characterized as female, aged 80 to 89 years, showed visual impairment, higher scores for general quality of life in the psychological and social domains and lower scores on the physical and environmental domains; higher scores of quality of life related to aging in the intimacy and activity of life (past, present and future) domains and lower scores death and dying and sensory skills domains; low levels of physical activity and were considered sedentary. We also found significant association between the overall score for quality of life with sedentary behavior and various domains of quality of life related to aging.
Conclusion:
Older respondents with less time sitting down, higher scores in the areas of autonomy and intimacy, and lower scores in the field fear death and dying are associated with higher scores for quality of life.
Quality of Life; Motor Activity; Elderly; Disabled Person; Homes for the aged