Atividade física e qualidade de vida: estudo entre pessoas com hipertensão arterial sistêmica

Abstract

The physical activity is studied as a nonpharmacological mechanism which avoids and controls the preassure and, also, contributes to quality of life. Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the levels of physical activity and the domains of quality of life in people with systemic hypertension physically active and the ones insufficiently active. Method and Material: Transverse, descriptive and exploratory study. There was a form to identify the demographic and socioeconomic profile and the lifestyle of people with systemic hypertension; the international questionnaire of physical activity - short version, to classify the level of physical activity and Health Organization Quality of Life, to evaluate the quality of life of the people with systemic hypertension, in the Basic Health Center of Federal University of Amapá with a sample of 185 people. Results: Approximately 57.8% of the participants achieve the recomendations of physical activity and 42.2% does not achieve. The ones who achieve the recomendations demonstrate better results of quality of life. Final Considerations: The levels of physical activity are not always related to the practice of an exercise, because this level covers other domains of physical activity as the domestic activities