- Evaluation of the effectiveness of physical activity on the general health of elderly women
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Seyedeh Razieh Hosseini,1,*
1. Master of Midwifery, Expert in charge of family health of dayyer city health network, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences
- Introduction: It is one of the prominent phenomena in the field of health and old age. The goal of health programs for elderly women is to reduce the effects of chronic diseases, maintain the ability to live independently and improve their quality of life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of physical activity on the general health of elderly and postmenopausal women
- Methods: The research is a review research and has been done by collecting materials from reputable articles on scientific sites such as sid, pubmed, etc.
- Results: Findings show that active postmenopausal women have significantly better general health than inactive postmenopausal women. With an in-depth look at the situation of female elderly from various dimensions such as physical, mental, family, social, etc., we find that despite efforts and improvements in the health, social and economic status of Iranian women, there is a difference in indicators. Social and demographic health of elderly women compared to older Iranian men can be due to the unequal status of health and social health of women compared to men
- Conclusion: In general, the results showed that exercise and physical activity promote the average general health and happiness of postmenopausal women. Due to the increase in the population of postmenopausal women, it is necessary to think of measures in order to improve the health of the society in order to do more sports activities for this group
- Keywords: old age, general health, exercise and physical activity