The intervention of a Portuguese Northeastern municipality in the successful aging

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Published: Nov 30, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n2.v2.1907
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senior automatic sport well successful aging quality of life

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Maria Helena Pimentel
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)
Hélder Jaime Fernandez
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)
Carlos Miguel Figueiredo Afonso
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Saúde

Abstract

According to INE (2017) in the Northeast of Portugal, there is a very high aging rate, 252.7 elderly per 100 young people. Objective: to characterize a group of seniors enrolled in municipality sports programs and evaluate the effects of these programs in promoting well successful aging. Methods: 100 participants in two groups: the reference (sports registration of the municipality - Active Bragança and Superior Sport in the Rural) and the comparison (non-registration). An inquiry was applied with sociodemographic data, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); the Psychological Welfare Scale (Ryff 18); the inquiry of Selection, optimization with compensation (SOC) and quality of life scale (WHOQOL-Bref). Results: 70% female, mostly between 65-74 years (64%), average age of 70.6, 70% are married or living in union and 22.0% are widowed. More than half (51%) have only completed the fourth grade and most (68%) have between € 421 and € 2000. Examined the differences between the two groups in the MMSE the comparison group presented higher values in the global assessment (27 vs 26.2) and orientation (9.6 vs 9.2; p smaller than 0.05), also higher in Psychological Welfare (Ryff 18), with special emphasis on positive relationships (14.3 vs 13.1; p smaller than 0.05). Instead the reference group, in SOC, presents higher average values in total (8.2 vs 7.6), in the elective selection (1.5 vs 1.3), in the selected selection in the loss (2.1 vs. 2) and compensation (2.3 vs 2). It is, however, with quality of life (WHOQOL-Bref) where the earnings are most reflected. The reference group presents higher mean values in the four dimensions of the scale, especially in social relations and physical health, very close to statistical significance (p smaller than 0.05). Conclusion: Municipal sports programs can leverage resources for successful aging. Also allow to mitigate differences in growth in urban and rural areas.

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Pimentel, M. H., Fernandez, H. J., & Figueiredo Afonso, C. M. (2019). The intervention of a Portuguese Northeastern municipality in the successful aging. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 3(2), 153–162. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n2.v2.1907
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SENIOR ADULTS
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Author Biographies

Maria Helena Pimentel, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da
Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)

Hélder Jaime Fernandez, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança – Escola Superior de Bragança; Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da
Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA:E)

Carlos Miguel Figueiredo Afonso, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Saúde

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - Escola Superior de Saúde

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