A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Physical Activity, Psychological Determinants and Health Related Variables of Latvian Older Adults

Abstract

(MOEES) data show the beliefs about the benefits of exercise. To detect the involvement in regular PA it was used the Exercise Stages of Changea short form. The results show that 20.6% of respondents have "low" PA level, 30.4% are "moderate" and 49.0% are "high" physically active. Nevertheless, only 19.7% exercise regularly more than 6 months and 49.9% do not even plan to engage regular activities in the next 6 months. MOEES data show that outcome expectations decrease with the age, the same as PA. These results influence a subjective health assessment, because more than half of respondents are rated below the General Population Norm of SF-36v2 survey. Moreover, poor adherence to exercise is closely related to higher cardiovascular illness risk (p<0.01).

Monte Carlo estimation of transverse and longitudinal correlation functions in the model

“…It perfectly agrees with λ ⊥ = 1.9482(32) obtained at β = 1.2. In such a way, our fits provide a reasonable numerical evidence that the exponent λ ⊥ is universal and slightly smaller than 2, in agreement with [15,16].…”

“…10), leading to the estimates λ ⊥ = 1.95 ± 0.02 and λ ⊥ = 1.955 ± 0.020 (Section 4). These results suggest that the exponent λ ⊥ is universal, but slightly smaller than 2, in disagreement with the standard theoretical prediction λ ⊥ = 2 and in agreement with [15,16]. The analysis of the longitudinal correlation function provides an extra evidence of unconventional behavior.…”

“…apparently is closer to the standard (Gaussian) theoretical value 1/2, as compared to the X Y model considered in [9,10]. Therefore we are looking for sufficiently stable methods, which would provide small enough statistical errors allowing to distinguish between ρ = 1/2 and ρ = 1/2 if a small deviation from the standard value really takes place, as expected from the theoretical treatment in [15][16][17] yielding 1/2 < ρ < 1 and 3/2 < λ ⊥ < 2 in three dimen-…”

“…Using (13)- (15), the direct Monte Carlo estimation of the Fouriertransformed correlation functions (9) and (10) for the given set of wave vectors is done very efficiently, so that it even does not require any remarkable extra computation time as compared to a simulation where only the magnetization and susceptibilities are measured. As it is well known [13], the longitudinal and transverse susceptibilities, χ and χ ⊥ , are related to the corresponding correlation functions at zero wave vector, i.e.,…”

Actividad física recomendada en adultos mayores. Una explicación desde la teoría de los modelos ecológicos

“…Otros reportes han develado que contar con el apoyo familiar, de los amigos, de los compañeros de trabajo y de la pareja puede ser un factor de motivación (relacionado con actitudes) para la práctica de AF. Así mismo, ver personas en el barrio hacer AF o que los padres hagan o hayan hecho AF contribuye también a su realización (Kaupuzs, 2012;Kaur, J. Kaur, G. y Ho, 2014).…”