Actividad físico-recreativa para mejorar la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, del grupo de diabetes e hipertensión del Área de Salud No 2, Cuenca, 2010

Abstract

We realize a qualitative investigation participative action studio, to improve the elderly people quality of life through physical & recreate activities, in the period comprise into May to November 2010, with the old people who conform the Diabetes & Hypertension Health´s area # 2 groups, in this period we measure the quality of life grade through a questionnaire of “valuation quality of life”, that be done before and after intervention, in the health´s center # 2, successive we classification the grades obtain agreement variables: age, gender, civil state, instruction and present pathology, review the Clinical Histories of each elderly people, to obtain data: height, weight, arterial pressure, glucemia, cholesterol, triglycerides, beginning and end of intervention, and apply an physical and recreate scheme activities, specially sketched for old people, The information obtain, were recollected and documented for the investigation´s authors, after that this information were processed and analyzed by means of software, SPSS, Y EXEL 2007.coincide with Neef´s, and Sen´s theory, who expose the importance to create spaces to recreate and can to satisfy the human basics, material and no material necessities, moreover whole agree with studies in other countries, that show the physical, and recreate activities benefits, although separated. We obtain a positive answer in improvement of quality life of elderly people.