Daryoosh Khajavi; Razieh Khanmohamadi
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Physical activity has physiological, psychological, and social positive effects. However, the relationship between physical activities and depression of the elderly in the country is unknown. This study was designed to examine the relationship between physical activity and depression. The statistical ...
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Physical activity has physiological, psychological, and social positive effects. However, the relationship between physical activities and depression of the elderly in the country is unknown. This study was designed to examine the relationship between physical activity and depression. The statistical population consisted of the elderly of Arak city in 2013 and 263 subjects participate in the study. Data were collected with demographic characteristics questionnaire, Geriatric Depression Scale-short form, and Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA) and analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficient, linear regression analysis, t test, ANCOVA test with SPSS-16 software. Findings indicated a significant relationship between depression and age, employment, fall history, economic status, physical activity, education, perceived health (P≤0.05). Variables of physical activity, fall history in the past year, economic status, and perceived health predicted depression (R2=0.358; P≤0.05). Mean score of physical activity in the male elderly was significantly higher than their female counterparts, and mean score of physical activity in 60-69-year-old group was significantly higher than their counterparts in 70-79 and ≤ 80-year-old groups (P≤0.05). There were no significant differences between age and gender and mean score of depression. These findings emphasize the importance of the effect of physical activity on depression in the elderly.
Daryoush Khajavi; Ahmad Farrokhi; Ali Akbar Jaberi Moghadam; Anushiravan Kazemnejad
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The aim of this research was to examine the effect of a training interventionprogram on fall-related motor performance in the male elderly with no regularphysical activities. For this purpose, 39 out of 130 participants in screen test wereselected and assigned to training group (n=20) and control group ...
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The aim of this research was to examine the effect of a training interventionprogram on fall-related motor performance in the male elderly with no regularphysical activities. For this purpose, 39 out of 130 participants in screen test wereselected and assigned to training group (n=20) and control group (n=19). Subjectsaged between 60 and 70 in experimental were 73.68% and in the control group43.75% and subjects aged 71 and above were 26.31% in the experimental groupand 56.25% in the control group. Experimental group participated in a 10-weekintervention program (3 sessions per week and 90 minutes per session). Data werecollected with 30-s seat, sit and reach, one-leg standing (eyes open and closed), upand go, 10-meter walk and 10-meter obstacle walk tests. In this semi-experimentalresearch, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and independent t test was used to analyse motorperformance measures. Results indicated a significant improve in mean scores oflower extremity strength (27.37 rep), flexibility (29.28 cm), static balance with eyesopen (60.94 sec) and closed (19.36 sec), agility and dynamic balance (4.10 sec),10-meter walk (3.35 sec) and 10-meter obstacle walk (4.03 sec) in the experimentalgroup after the 10-week training intervention program (P<0.05). The findingsconfirmed the effect of training interventions (especially strength training) onimproving fall-related motor performance and preventing probable falls in theelderly.
