RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of the physical activity promotion programme on the quality of life and the cardiopulmonary function for inactive people: randomized controlled trial
A1 Martín-Valero, Rocío
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
A1 Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa
K1 Ejercicio físico - Uso terapéutico
AB Background: The purpose is to assess cardiopulmonary function outcomes and quality of life values in inactive people that participated in the Physical Activity Promotion Programme (PAPP) against the control group that did not perform this program.Method: A total of 100 subjects of both genders participated in the randomized controlled trial with systematic random sampling; all were aged 55 and older, from Torremolinos, Spain. Participants either received (n = 50) the PAPP for 60 minutes, twice a week during three months or (n = 50) they received health education. The effectiveness of the intervention was measured by general state of health the Short Form 12 health survey questionnaire, and the quality of life was determined with the EuroQoL-5D questionnaire. Cardiopulmonary function was measured with a spirometry and a walking test according to the Bruce protocol.Results: This pilot study had a significant impact on the quality of life (p = 0.05) in men, which increased. However, the quality of life in women did not improve. The average changes in the lung and cardiovascular function was not significant between groups.Conclusions: Changes in the quality of life measured with EQ-5D in the group of men who carried out the PAPP were statistically significant when comparing between groups. However changes in cardiopulmonary function were not as relevant when comparing between groups. There was a significant effect within each group in the pulmonary outcomes of values in men, within the experimental group.
PB BMC Springer Nature
YR 2013
FD 2013-02-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37897
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37897
LA eng
NO Martín-Valero R, Cuesta-Vargas AI, Labajos-Manzanares MT. Effectiveness of the physical activity promotion programme on the quality of life and the cardiopulmonary function for inactive people: randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2013 Feb 12;13:127. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-127. PMID: 23399032; PMCID: PMC3575357.
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