Capacidade aeróbica e qualidade de vida em hipertensas

Abstract

The objective of this study was to verify the implications of physical exercise on aerobic resistance and Quality of Life (QL) in people with Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) participating in the Project of Extension Active Heart of the Department of Physical Education (DEF) of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS). Participants were 40 hypertensive women, aged from 46 to 80 years (62 ± 7.76 years), where 70% were elderly. Data were collected in two moments, Moment 1 (M1) and Moment 2 (M2). The program consisted of resisted physical exercises and aerobic exercises (walking and/or running), 3 times a week, with an average duration of 60min. When analyzing the aerobic capacity, it was observed that there was an involution when comparing the two moments, but no significant difference was found between them (p=0.84). Already in the QL, it was observed that only the environment domain had a statistically significant difference (p=0.02). Therefore, the results seem to indicate that there was a maintenance in the aerobic capacity and an improvement in the QL of the hypertensive women of the Project of Extension Active Heart of the DEF/UFS.