A qualidade de vida dos idosos do grupo de extensão “caminhada orientada” em Miracema do Tocantins

Abstract

We know that the number of elderly people is increasing in our country and in other parts of the world. Based on the considerable number of elderly, it ends up bringing a concern with the prevention of diseases and improvement in quality of life through physical activity one of the most used methods in health prevention. And the most suitable activity for the elderly is the walk because it has no costs, and that can be practiced anywhere. The objective of the study was to investigate the Quality of Life level of the Elderly participants of the Project "Orientated Walk" of the Physical Education Course of UFT Miracema. From the application of the Whoqol Brev questionnaire, containing 26 questions divided into four domains: physical, social, psychological and environmental. It was evidenced how the elderly participants in the research live, and the scores were determined through the domains present in the questionnaire. With the results obtained we can see that the participants studied had a good quality of life, the Likert scale was used as a reference for data analysis. Highlighting the physical domain with the best score, with this result we can see how much the guided walking brought great benefits to the lives of these Elders and collaborating so that they have a good quality of life.