Relationship between functional fitness, medication costs and mood in elderly people

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

Michelli Luciana Massolini Laureano¹  Raul Agostinho Martins¹  Nuno M. Sousa¹  Aristides M. Machado-rodrigues¹  João Valente-santos¹  Manoel João Coelho-e-silva¹ 

关键词: physical functional fitness;    medication;    mood states;    elderly;    aptidão física funcional;    medicamentos;    estados de humor;    idoso;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1806-9282.60.03.007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective: to verify if functional fitness (FF) is associated with the annual cost of medication consumption and mood states (MSt) in elderly people. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 229 elderly people aged 65 years or more at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Coimbra, Portugal. Seniors with physical and psychological limitations were excluded, as well as those using medication that limits performance on the tests. The Senior Fitness Test was used to evaluate FF, and the Profile of Mood States - Short Form to evaluate the MSt. The statistical analysis was based on Mancova, with adjustment for age, for comparison between men and women, and adjustment for sex, for comparison between cardiorespiratory fitness quintiles. The association between the variables under study was made with partial correlation, controlling for the effects of age, sex and body mass index. Results: an inverse correlation between cardiorespiratory fitness and the annual cost of medication consumption was found (p < 0.01). FF is also inversely associated with MSt (p < 0.05). Comparisons between cardiorespiratory fitness quintiles showed higher medication consumption costs in seniors with lower aerobic endurance, as well as higher deterioration in MSt (p < 0.01). Conclusion: elderly people with better FF and, specifically, better cardiorespiratory fitness present lower medication consumption costs and a more positive MSt.

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