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Association between exercise type and quality of life in a community-dwelling older people: A cross-sectional study

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  • Sang-Ho Oh
  • Don-Kyu Kim
  • Shi-Uk Lee
  • Se Hee Jung
  • Sang Yoon Lee

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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of three major representative exercises (resistance, flexibility, and walking) on quality of life (QoL) in a population of community-dwelling older adults. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study used public data from the Sixth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2014 (n = 1,586 older people). Demographic factors, three types of exercise, five EuroQoL subsets (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression), and QoL scores (EQ-VAS) were investigated. The independent associations between each exercise and the five QoL subsets were determined using odds ratios (OR) adjusted for three demographic factors (age group, sex, and area of residence), using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: The EQ-VAS scores of the exercisers was significantly higher than those of the non-exercisers for all exercise types. Subjects with problems in mobility dimension performed less exercise of all types of than those with normal mobility (resistance: OR, 0.687; flexibility: OR, 0.733, and walking: OR, 0.489). The self-care dimension was independently correlated with flexibility (OR, 0.558) and walking (OR, 0.485). Conclusion: All types of exercisers showed higher QoL scores than non-exercisers. Among the QoL dimensions, mobility and self-care were independently associated with flexibility and walking exercise in this older people, suggesting that engaging in regular flexibility and walking exercise is important for achieving higher QoL in the older people.

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  • Sang-Ho Oh & Don-Kyu Kim & Shi-Uk Lee & Se Hee Jung & Sang Yoon Lee, 2017. "Association between exercise type and quality of life in a community-dwelling older people: A cross-sectional study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(12), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0188335
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188335
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    1. Seung youn Hong, 2018. "Effects of Specific Type of Exercises on QOL in the Elder with MCI," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 2(2), pages 2487-2491, February.

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