Impact of physical activity level and living single or widowed on psychophysical health vulnerability in people over 60 years of age: increased socio-health care
Psychophysical health vulnerability in older people
Abstract
Background. Currently, the repercussions of living alone in healthy older people on the level of physical activity (PA) practiced, social relationships, required social health care, and subjective health are unknown. Objective. The objective has been to evaluate differences in health, social relations, and socio-sanitary care of active older people according to their level of PA and family situation (marital status). Methodology. 397 older people than 61 years (M=69.65; DT=4.71; 64.7% women and 35.3% men), belonging to eighteen sports, social centers and outdoor sports areas of Alicante. The IPAQ was used to assess PA and CUBRECAVI for the quality of life indicators. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVAs) was performed to study the differences between the participants according to their level of PA and their family situation. Significance was set at p <.05. Results. The results showed that subjective health (p<.001; VCramer=.291), frequency of social relationships (p<.001, ƞ2=.028) and satisfaction with social and health services (p=.009; VCramer=.147) differ according to the level of PA. The frequency and satisfaction of social relationships (p<.001, ƞ2=.252) and the use of social and health services differ according to the family situation (p=.032; VCramer=.153). Conclusions. In conclusion, the state of enough satisfaction with their subjective health and with the use of social and health services is directly proportional to the level of physical activity practiced. Singles social relationships are less satisfactory and frequent, using more social health services.
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