期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2016
卷号：16
期号：2
页码：526-531
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Aim.This study has been conducted in order to evaluate the correlation between depressive symptoms and physical activity levels of elders,living in a certain area.Methods.This research is a descriptive correlational type and it has been conducted by interviewing with 240 individuals who are older than 65 and registered in Family Health Center face to face.Socio-demographic information form,international physical activity questionnaire and Beck depression inventory have been used in collecting data.Number and percentage distributions have been used for evaluating demographic data of the study,chi-square has been used for evaluating correlation between socio-demographic characteristics and International Physical Activity questionnaire and Beck depression inventory,Pearson correlation analysis has been used for evaluating correlation between International Physical Activity questionnaire and Beck depression inventory.Results.The average age of the elders is 75.12±9.57,56.4% of them is male,51.4% of them is married,54.2% of them is retired,53.9% of them is literate.The physical activity levels of elders have been determined according to "International Physical Activity" questionnaire and it has been found that 16.7% of them is very active(>3000 MET-min/week),39.2% of them is minimally active(600-3000 MET-min/week) and 44.2% of them is inactive.When Depression levels of elders have been examined,it has been found that 30.7% "doesn't experience depression",16.2% of them "experiences depression slightly",28.2% of them "experiences depression moderately" and 24.6% of them "experiences depression severely".When correlation between physical activity levels and depressive symptoms has been evaluated,it has been found that there is a moderate correlation between physical activity and depressive symptoms in a negative way(r:-0.60,p:0.00).Conclusions.In our study,it has been found that there is a significant correlation between physical activity and depressive symptoms.It has been seen that depressive symptoms decrease as long as physical activity level increases.
