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The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
BACKGROUND: The proportion of elderly people in the population is growing, and Korea has one of the fastest growing populations among the world’s major regions. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on the health and quality of life of elderly Korean people. MET...
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Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064859 http://dx.doi.org/10.15280/jlm.2014.4.2.86 |
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description | BACKGROUND: The proportion of elderly people in the population is growing, and Korea has one of the fastest growing populations among the world’s major regions. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on the health and quality of life of elderly Korean people. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 2,853 elderly Korean people (1,239 males and 1,614 females) aged more than 65 years was evaluated to determine whether they met guidelines for vigorous PA (VPA), moderate PA (MPA), and low PA (LPA) and how those results were associated with self-rated health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). RESULTS: The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of males and females who reported very good SRH significantly decreased with VPA (males: AOR = 0.42, females: AOR = 0.44), MPA (males: AOR = 0.46, females: AOR = 0.48), and LPA (males: AOR = 0.44, females: AOR = 0.32). Subjects who met the guidelines for VPA (males: AOR = 0.40, females: AOR = 0.43), MPA (males: AOR = 0.49, females: AOR = 0.45), and LPA (males: AOR = 0.33, females: AOR = 0.39) and reported no problems with their HRQoL showed significantly decreased AORs compared with subjects who reported HRQoL problems. CONCLUSION: Elderly Korean people were fairly inactive, but participation in vigorous, moderate, or low PA was positively associated with SRH and HRQoL. |
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spelling | pubmed-43910182015-06-10 The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Cho, Kang-Ok J Lifestyle Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The proportion of elderly people in the population is growing, and Korea has one of the fastest growing populations among the world’s major regions. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity on the health and quality of life of elderly Korean people. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of 2,853 elderly Korean people (1,239 males and 1,614 females) aged more than 65 years was evaluated to determine whether they met guidelines for vigorous PA (VPA), moderate PA (MPA), and low PA (LPA) and how those results were associated with self-rated health (SRH) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). RESULTS: The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) of males and females who reported very good SRH significantly decreased with VPA (males: AOR = 0.42, females: AOR = 0.44), MPA (males: AOR = 0.46, females: AOR = 0.48), and LPA (males: AOR = 0.44, females: AOR = 0.32). Subjects who met the guidelines for VPA (males: AOR = 0.40, females: AOR = 0.43), MPA (males: AOR = 0.49, females: AOR = 0.45), and LPA (males: AOR = 0.33, females: AOR = 0.39) and reported no problems with their HRQoL showed significantly decreased AORs compared with subjects who reported HRQoL problems. CONCLUSION: Elderly Korean people were fairly inactive, but participation in vigorous, moderate, or low PA was positively associated with SRH and HRQoL. Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine 2014-09 2014-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4391018/ /pubmed/26064859 http://dx.doi.org/10.15280/jlm.2014.4.2.86 Text en © 2014 Journal of Lifestyle Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Cho, Kang-Ok The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title | The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title_full | The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title_fullStr | The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title_short | The Positive Effect of Physical Activity on Health and Health-related Quality of Life in Elderly Korean People—Evidence from the Fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
title_sort | positive effect of physical activity on health and health-related quality of life in elderly korean people—evidence from the fifth korea national health and nutrition examination survey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064859 http://dx.doi.org/10.15280/jlm.2014.4.2.86 |
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