Healthy lifestyle has been associated with practice of physical activity and consequently with better health and quality of life standards. The aim of this study was to associate the levels of physical activity with the quality of life of the elderly. The study was transversal and a randomized sample was formed with 238 female elderly subjects (69.2 ±6.69 years) drafted from 23 elderly groups of Aracaju. The level of physical activity was evaluated by IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire - long form) and quality of life by SF-36 (The medical outcomes study 36-item short-form healthy survey). Statistical analysis used descriptive statistics instruments and for analysis between variables Kruskal-Wallis test was used (p <0.05). Significant association was identified in this study between the level of physical activity and health-related quality of life. Elderly women with high physical activity level presented better results in the eight health domains investigated.
quality of life; physical activity; elderly
