Characteristics of physical activity for the improvement of health and quality of life of the elderly according to professionals and users

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DESARROLLO PSICO-SOCIOEMOCIONAL DE LA EDAD: PSICOLOGÍA POSITIVA Y BIENESTAR EN LAS PERSONAS MAYORES
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Published: Oct 28, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n2.v1.549
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physical exercise life quality health

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David Rodríguez Ruiz
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3617-3942
Paula Borrego Marrero
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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The objective of this research was to compare the opinions of the persons in charge of carrying out the physical exercise activities which focus in the improvement of health and life quality of the elderly, with the users to whom it is intended. The sample was composed of 45 people (23 women and 22 men) with a mean age of 30.15 years (± 6.49) who are responsible for physical and sports activities for the elderly in day care centers and residences that depends on the Institute of Social and Health Care Council of Gran Canaria and the Canarias Islands Government and also in the municipal activities in any of the municipalities of the island of Gran Canaria. Regarding users, we psurveyed a total of 111 people, aged between 57 and 76, participants of the program Peritia et Doctrine of the University of Las Palmas. For information on the type of activity they performed, part of the questionnaire that would address issues like content, planning methodology was developed and some specific other characteristic. The way to ask the question and the answer was based on the Likert scale. The results lead us to conclude that people in charge of both physical and sporting activity as well as users have a similar perception of the needs and characteristics of content, planning and specific characteristics. Nevertheless, they differ in the importance given to the methodology of such activities.

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Rodríguez Ruiz, D., & Borrego Marrero, P. (2016). Characteristics of physical activity for the improvement of health and quality of life of the elderly according to professionals and users. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 1(2), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n2.v1.549
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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): PSICO-SOCIO-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGE: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND WELFARE IN THE ELDERLY
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