Preferência de atividade física pelos idosos de Santa Bárbara de Goiás (Go)

Abstract

The objective of the present research is to collect data about the physical activities preferences of the elderly population from the municipality of Santa Bárbara de Goiás, as well as to identify if the target public is able to perform tasks of daily life, to verify which physical activity they practice more and to collect data about which region of the municipality there are more elderly practicing physical activity. The study was an ecological exploratory quantitative field survey, in which all the city's regions were searched, where a questionnaire was applied with 204 elderly people. The results were statistically analyzed, where was found an association only between the variable sports activity versus shopping. We conclude that the population is able to do the tasks of daily life, that the most practiced physical activity is walking and that the regions where there are more people practicing physical activity, are those located far away from downtown.