Perceived Health, Depression and Psychological Well-Being in Older Adults: Physical Activity and Osteoarticular Disease

Abstract

Osteoarticular diseases are one of the effects of aging, and they are related to physical, psychological, and social functions. Physical activity seems to slow the start and progression of these kinds of illnesses and presents benefits for psychosocial health. The main aim of the study was to investigate the possible effect of physical activity level (Yale Physical Activity Survey) on quality of life (SF-36 Health Questionnaire), subjective psychological well-being (Psychological Well-being Scale), and depression levels (Geriatric Depression Scale), depending on osteoarticular illness. The sample consisted of 263 Spanish adults aged 65 to 98 years who had high or low physical activity (assessed by YPAS Questionnaire) and osteoarticular disease. Results show that physical activity influences the perceived quality of life, depression levels, and subjective well-being in older adults regardless of osteoarticular disease. The present study suggests the need for promoting physical exercise due to its proven positive impact on older adults’ mental health, entailing a significant reduction in the risks of suffering from a variety of frequent diseases and disorders.

Elderly Friendly Exercises: A PRISMA-Guided Review of the Literature to Enable Awareness of Exercise that are Recommended for Elderly

“…Two of the studies [26,117] included only female participants. The majority of the studies were conducted in Spain [26,118,124,127], two of the studies were conducted in Indonesia [120,125], and one was in Portugal [122]. two in China [126,129], one in Denmark [150], one in Brazil [117], one in Taiwan [119], and one in Japan [121].…”

Dolor osteoarticular y depresión en adultos mayores atendidos en un hospital geriátrico de Lima-Perú

“…En tal sentido, deberán tomar en consideración que esta población en particular presenta mayor cantidad de alteraciones que complican su calidad de vida (5) , maximizando la probabilidad de presentar patologías crónico-degenerativas, incluidas las patologías osteoarticulares y/o musculoesqueléticas, las cuales son consideradas como las primeras causas de gastos sanitarios (6) . Estas patologías osteoarticulares y/o musculoesqueléticas las padecen un aproximado de 50 a 80 % de los adultos mayores, de los cuales entre el 30 y 45 % presentan dicho dolor en niveles moderado a severo, lo cual ocasiona discapacidad leve, moderada o severa, que origina el incremento de las caídas y fracturas, así como la pérdida de autonomía para las actividades diarias básicas e instrumentales de la vida diaria en los adultos mayores (7,8) . La depresión en los adultos mayores, o también llamada depresión geriátrica, es definida por Conde y Jorge como "una enfermedad mental en la que la persona mayor experimenta tristeza profunda y una progresiva disminución del interés por casi todas las actividades del desempeño social" (9) .…”