摘要：This study analyzed the association between physical activity, health status and life quality among women with fibromyalgia.
Cross-sectional study based on the clinical information of 177 women (42.1 ± 8.6 years old) diagnosed with fibromyalgia and
assisted in rheumatology clinics of the private sector of the Unified Health System (UHS) in the city of Maringá-PR, Brazil.
The instruments were the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire
(FIQ) and the WHOQOL-Bref. Data analysis was conducted through Mann-Whitney test, Spearman correlation and
Structural Equation Analysis (p<0.05). Results showed positive correlations between physical activity and life quality
domain. Health status showed negative correlation life quality domains. Structural Equation Analysis revealed days of
walking per week showed positive association with life quality domains. Model 3 showed that the impact of fibromyalgia on
the health status showed a moderate negative association with life quality domains. Based on the results obtained, the
conclusion is that light physical activity, characterized as walking, represents a positive factor in the domains of quality of
life in women with fibromyalgia and also, the impact of this disease on the health status of the patients is associated
negatively areas of quality of life.
