Análise da percepção do ambiente por idosos associada à prática de atividade física no município de Uberaba

Abstract

The contingent of studies on the built environment (BE) and an association with physical activity (PA) have gained great proportions. With a problem of possibility of an investigation, people, especially the elderly, began to study their lives for this practice and its state of conservation. Therefore, the antipathy of a future-oriented member becomes important to verify the adherence of such a population to the practice of PA. Thus, the present study had the following objectives: a systematic review of the environment and the physical life and the hearing of the environment and its association with the practice of leisurely walking and without transport by the elderly city of Uberaba. 2017 based on LILACS, Pubmed and SciELO databases, in the period from 2007 to 2017, having as main descriptors the built environment, physical activity and the elderly. A total of 10,403 articles were found, excluding 10,371 articles totaling 31 articles. The analysis of the perception of BE and PA was carried out in a series of news about the IPAQ. A total of 91 elderly (68.8 ± 7.4 years) participated in the study. For the data analysis was used for binary regression, only the leisure and transport domains of the IPAQ were considered and the essential indicators were perceived by the elderly in NEWS. Eleven percent (n = 10) and 15.4% (n = 14) were used. In the adjusted analysis, the environmental factors "pedestrians and cyclists who are seen by the people inside their homes" and "walking safety during the day" were associated with walking at leisure. The walk in transportation, the association between the factors "existence of cycle paths", "presence of pedestrian tracks", "pedestrians and cyclists that are seen by people inside their homes" and "ease and pleasure in walking." It was concluded that the studies on BE and PA were more important among the researchers. The exercises that unite the characteristics of the environment with the hike without leisure and without transportation, were more likely to be reached in some domains.