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Impact of exercise on quality of life, body awareness, kinesiophobia and the risk of falling among young older adults

Cilt: 43 Sayı: 4 29 Aralık 2018
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Impact of exercise on quality of life, body awareness, kinesiophobia and the risk of falling among young older adults

Abstract

Purpose: This study was planned to examine the effects of exercise on quality of life, body awareness, kinesiophobia and falling risk among young older adults.

Materials and Methods: The study was performed with 74 participants (aged between 65-74) in Trabzon. Age, gender, body mass index, educational status, family structure, living with people and chronic illness were all included in the sociodemographic data form.They were divided into two groups: one exercised group of 36 people (group I) and non-exercised of 38 subjects (group II). A 12-week exercise program was applied to the study group. The SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire was used to evaluate the quality of life, the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) for comparing awareness conditions, the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TSK-11) for the perception of kinesiophobia, and the Denn Falling Risk Scale (DENN) to determine falling risk level. 

Results: The mean age of the participants was 69.45 years. There were differences in terms of quality of life in all subscales between two groups. While there was a corelation between quality of life, body awareness and falling fisk in exercise group, there was no corelation in non-exercise group. There was a positive correlation between falling risk and kinesophobia in two groups. There was a negative correlation between falling risk and body awareness in exercise group.

Conclusion: The presence of positive effects on the quality of life and body awareness in the older adults will shed light on planning geriatric rehabilitation programs for health professions.


Keywords

Older adult,exercise,quality of life

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Erden, Arzu, ve Seçil Gülhan Güner. “Impact of exercise on quality of life, body awareness, kinesiophobia and the risk of falling among young older adults”. Cukurova Medical Journal, c. 43, sy 4, Aralık 2018, ss. 941-50, https://izlik.org/JA32JM52UX.