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KMID : 0379220130330040775
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2013 Volume.33 No. 4 p.775 ~ p.785
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Relationship between Physical Activity and Health-related Life Quality according to Gender in Korean Elderly People
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Cho Kang-Ok
Nam Sang-Nam
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical activity and health-related quality of life in 3,076 elderly people(1,322 males, 1,754 females) using the data from the 5th Korean National Health and Nutrition Survey according to gender. The study results show that 10.8% and 47.7% of males and 7.5% and 33.2% of females showed in the participation rate of high(p=.003) and low(p<.001) physical activity. Regarding the health-related quality of life, the range from -0.560 to 1.000 in males and females were 0.2% and 0.5% while the range from 1.751 to 1.000 showed 87.2% and 73.4%, respectively. In addition, high physical activity and health-related quality of life showed significant positive correlation in total activity minutes (r=0.062, p<.05) and participation rate of physical activity guideline(r=0.051, p<.05) in elderly women. Moreover, walking as a low physical activity showed significant correlation with the health-related quality of life in male and female subjects in total activity minutes(males; r=0.138, p<.001 vs. females; r=0.134, p<.001) and participation rate of physical activity guideline(males; r=0.110, p<.001 vs. females; r=0.111, p<.001). These results show that low physical activity for males and low and high physical activity for females can improvement the health-related quality of life in Korean elderly people.
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KEYWORD
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body weight, physical activity, physical activity level, gender, life quality
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