title: Satisfaction with life related to functionality in active elderly people.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To study the relationship between the objective variables of functionality and degree of life satisfaction in elderly people with an active lifestyle.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study took place using a sample of 340 elderly people, aged 60-85, who were all leading an active life. The tests applied were: Satisfaction with Life Scale, Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test, Memory Failures Everyday, Geriatric Depression Scale, OARS social support subscale, COOP-WONCA physical dimension subscale and Siu and Reuben hierarchical scale for self-sufficiency.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical analyses were made using Pearson's correlations, with a significance level of p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 between the objective variables and satisfaction with life level. The overall results show a negative correlation, that is, a paradox of well-being between the objective criteria of level of studies, memory level and self-sufficiency and the objective criterion of the level of life satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Proposals for intervention in elderly people's physical activity are needed, since reduced mobility could lead to a pathological pattern of life.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de León, León (Spain).
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life