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PHYSICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FITNESS OF FREE LIVING ACTIVE AND NON-ACTIVE OLDER FEMALE ADULTS

The aim of the research was to determine anthropological profile and to determine differences within the profile between active and non- active free-living elderly adults. Research methods and procedure. Twenty-one elderly female adults were classified in two groups: thirteen active (mean age: 66.54 ± 4.59 years ; mean height: 158.08 ± 5.35 cm ; mean weight: 75.47 ± 13.52 kg ; mean BMI: 30., 18 ± 0.49 kg/m2 ) and eight non-active (mean age: 71.81 ± 7.15 years ; mean height: 160.55 ± 6.34 cm ; mean weight: 74.40 ± 14.06 kg ; mean BMI: 28.84 ± 0.35 kg/m2 ) free-living female adults. Active elderly adults were those who participate in regular organised physical activity at least twice a week and non-active elderly adults did not participate in any kind of regular organised physical activity. For the purpose of this study, all participants were asked to complete senior fitness test protocol prescribed by Rikli and Jones (2013), which was consisted of eight tests: 30-second chair stand test, 30-second arm curl test, 2-minute step test, chair sit-and-reach test, back scratch test, 8-foot up-and-go test, height and weight. Along with that, participants fullfilled Croatian version of WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire (Pibernik-Okanović, 2001) composed of four domains (physical health, psychological health, social environment and environment) with two addition questions about their satisfaction with health and their quality of life on the Likert scale from 1-5. The differences between active and non-active group were examined with oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results and discussion. Results showed significant differences in four fitness tests: 30-second arm curl test (F-value = 5.34 ; p = 0.03), 2-minute step test (F-value = 26.60 ; p = 0.00), chair sit- and-reach test (F-value = 5.85 ; p = 0.02), 8-foot up-and-go test (F-value = 8.48 ; p = 0.01) and two questionnaire domains: psychological health (F-value = 4.96 ; p = 0.04) and environment (F = 9.26 ; p = 0.01). No statistical differences were found among perception of quality of life and health satisfaction between non-active and active participants (p > 0.05). This study showed that free-living older female adults had better achievements in motor and psychological tests opposed to non-active group. Conclussion. This research showed the importance of exercising in older age, but further studies on bigger samples need to be performed for better understanding of aging and differences in level of fitness.

PHYSICAL ; PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FITNESS OF FREE LIVING ACTIVE AND NON-ACTIVE OLDER FEMALE ADULTS

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