P-375: Relationships between functional physical fitness, variables cardiovascular and quality of life in elderly

摘要

Introduction: The performance of daily activities is crucial to the quality oflife in old age, and physical fitness gets significant impact in this context. Cardiovascular variables are very important for morbidity and mortality in the generalpopulation, with particular relevance to the geriatric age group. The challengenowadays is to understand the factors that influence the quality of life, for the humanbeing to live longer without losing autonomy. Objectives: To study the relationship between functional fitness, anthropometric, hemodynamic and blood variables and quality of life. Furthermore, toinvestigate how these variables predict quality of life of elderly people. Materials and methods: Twenty participants over 60 years old from thegeriatric ambulatory of city of Cachoeirinha, in Brazil, had physical fitness tests forelderly people and had blood pressure (BP) and body mass index (BMI) measured. They had blood test to determinate lipid and glucose profiles. The quality of life wasassessed with the SF-36v2. Multivariate analysis of techniques of variance and linear-regression were also used. Results: Participants with normal glucose levels had lower BMI (p < 0.05) than pre-diabetics and diabetics participants. The older adults with normaltriglycerides levels showed lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.05). Age, sex and BMI explained 31.4% of the SF-36v2. Including systolic blood pressurein the model explanation raised to 43.6% the R2, increasing progressively to 53.8%when lower limbs strength was considered and to 64.7% with variable aerobicresistance. Conclusion: BMI and BP, particularly systolic, cause great impact on generaland cardiovascular morbidity, as well as in the quality of life for seniors. The lowerlimb strength and aerobic endurance affect decisively their quality of life. Themaintenance and optimization of these physical parameters positively impact thefunctional autonomy, and the level of independence of the elderly population.