Influence of physical activity in quality of life - Abstract

The quality of life is a level of satisfaction of an individual with multifactorial causative factors, which may be socioeconomic, psychological or physical. This study aims to evaluate the influence of physical activity and socioeconomic profile on quality of life. 11 included 110 sedentary or physically active volunteers, aged between 18 and 40 years of both genders. In this study, the Questionnaire of Demographic Data ABIPEME containing questions to assess the health and socioeconomic profile, and the Quality of Life WHOQOL_Bref - short version, to analyze the quality of Iife of individuals were used. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) for Windows 2000, version 11.0. A descriptive analysis was applied (mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution), with significance of p ≤ 0.05. There was a significant difference when comparing the quality of life and socioeconomic status on the Social Dimension of the Class A (66.62 ± 14.03) and C (59.03 ± 10.94). It was conclude that socioeconomic factors - such as material well-being - influence quality of life, independently of physical activity.