title: Association between different types of physical activities and quality of life in women aged 60 years or over.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association between different types of physical activity and quality of life in a sample of women aged 60 or over.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was carried out, interviewing 271 women. Of these, 141 were recruited in a menopause outpatient clinic and 130 were recruited in a social leisure center, in Brazil. The instruments used were the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) version 8 and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire specific for this age group (WHOQOL-OLD). Each IPAQ section was evaluated by multiple linear regression analysis, considering independent and confounding variables. The significance level was set at 5% and the software used was SAS version 9.1.3.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patients was 67.4 ± 5.3 years. The mean time devoted to physical activity was 2802.7 ± 1154.9 minutes per week. The total WHOQOL-OLD score was 66.9 ± 11.7. The past, present and future actvities (estimated β = 0.021) and, social participation (estimated β = 0.03) domains had association with IPAQ transportation section. The leisure-time domain of the IPAQ had an inverse and significant relationship with the quality of life score related to present, past and future activities (estimated β = -0.0269).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quality of life was negatively influenced by leisure, but time spent in this physical activity was the shortest in comparison to other types of physical activities. In this sample, only physical activity for transportation was positively associated with a better quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Tocogynecology Department, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Lucia Ribeiro
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Valadares
authors.forename: Euller Duarte de
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Lúcia Helena da
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Costa-Paiva
authors.forename: Sirlei Siani
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.forename: Aarão Mendes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pinto-Neto
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology*; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors