Effects of concurrent exercise on health-related quality of life in middle-aged women.
Climacteric
; 26(2): 88-94, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to evaluate the influence of a 16-week concurrent exercise program on health-related quality of life in middle-aged women.METHODS:
A total of 150 middle-aged women from the FLAMENCO project (age range 45-60 years) were randomized into a counseling (n = 75) or an exercise (n = 75) group. The exercise group followed a 16-week (3 days/week, 60 min/session) concurrent exercise program (aerobic + resistance training). The counseling group attended conferences on a healthy lifestyle. Participants' health-related quality of life was assessed with the EuroQol plus, a visual analog scale and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), where greater values indicate a better health-related quality of life.RESULTS:
The visual analog scale increased by 9.0% in the exercise group, whereas it only increased by 3.5% in the counseling group (p = 0.040). The SF-36 physical function, physical role, bodily pain, vitality and emotional role increased by 5.5%, 11.3%, 10.8%, 9.6% and 8.9%, respectively, in the exercise group, whereas these only increased by 0.6%, decreased by 0.7% and increased by 1.4%, 3.8% and 0.6% in the counseling group (all p < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Our results suggest that a 16-week concurrent exercise program adapted for midlife women improved their health-related quality of life. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV IDENTIFIER NCT02358109. Date of registration 05/02/2015.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Resistance Training
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Climacteric
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article