Avalia??o da Qualidade de Vida de Idosos Fisicamente Ativos por Meio do Questionário WHOQOL-BREF

摘要

Current analysis evaluates the life quality of elderly people who practice physical activities. The WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire was applied in sports centers in Maringá PR Brazil. A sample of 80 elderly people, males and females, who practiced different physical activities offered by sports centers, participated in the questionnaire. A mean rate of 83±2.40 was obtained by adding scores from 24 questions and two general ones on life quality. Self-evaluation of life quality reached a mean of 16.40 ±3.20. Life quality evaluation by WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire provided a mean score of 16.46±1.96 in the physical domain; 16.89 (±1.72) in the psychological domain; 16.78 ±2.13 in the social relationship domain; and 16.45 ±1.76 in the environmental domain. Elderly people who practiced physical activities, provided by seven sports centers in Maringá and evaluated by the WHOQOL-Bref questionnaire, consider their life quality as very good. They were highly satisfied with their health conditions.