Evaluation of sedentary lifestyle as a risk factor

Ochoa Ortega, Hernández Bravo, Zorrilla Quiñones, Ramírez Pérez and Rodríguez Pérez

Health Leadership and Quality of Life, 2024, vol. 3, .515

Abstract: Sedentary lifestyle affects the health of older adults worldwide. Objective: to evaluate sedentary lifestyle in older adults as a risk factor in doctor office 143. Material and method: a cross-sectional study was conducted in older adults from doctor office 143. The universe consisted of a study group made up of 73 sedentary people and a control group of 162 non-sedentary people and coincided with the sample. Results: the age group from 70 to 79 years predominated. There was a relationship between sedentary lifestyle and alterations in continence, mobility, balance, vision, hearing and use of more than three medications. No relationship could be established between sedentary lifestyle and obesity. Conclusions: sedentary lifestyle was a risk factor in the health of older adults from doctor office 143

Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:dbk:health:v:3:y:2024:i::p:.515:id:.515

DOI: 10.56294/hl2024.515

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Health Leadership and Quality of Life from AG Editor
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Javier Gonzalez-Argote ().