Tribess Sheila, Virtuoso Junior Jair Sindra, Petroski Edio Luiz
Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG.
Cien Saude Colet. 2010 Jan;15(1):31-8. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232010000100008.
This paper aims to investigate the association between perceived body image and nutritional status in elderly women. The methodology used was a cross-sectional cohort study of a sample of 265 elderly women aged 60 to 96 and selected by randomized proportional stratification by groups of convenience in the town of Jequié, Bahia, Brazil. Each subject was interviewed in order to obtain information on sociodemographic characteristics (age, marital status, educational level and economic class) and perceived body image (on a nine-silhouette scale) and their body mass and height were measured in order to calculate their Body Mass Index as a parameter of nutritional status. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics, measures of association and non-parametric analysis. A total of 43.8% of the elderly women interviewed were well-nourished, 3.4% were underweight and 52.8% were overweight. With reference to perceived body image, 54% of the women were unsatisfied, primarily due to excess body mass (35.1%), and this was associated with nutritional status, in that increases in BMI raised the percentage of unsatisfied women. The elderly from Bahia were unsatisfied with their body images, and this dissatisfaction was associated with the prevalence of obesity.
本文旨在调查老年女性感知身体形象与营养状况之间的关联。所采用的方法是对巴西巴伊亚州热基耶市265名年龄在60至96岁的老年女性样本进行横断面队列研究，这些样本通过便利分组的随机比例分层法选取。对每位受试者进行访谈，以获取社会人口学特征（年龄、婚姻状况、教育水平和经济阶层）以及感知身体形象（采用九种体型轮廓量表）的信息，并测量她们的体重和身高，以计算其体重指数作为营养状况的参数。数据分析采用描述性统计、关联度量和非参数分析。在接受访谈的老年女性中，共有43.8%营养良好，3.4%体重过轻，52.8%超重。关于感知身体形象，54%的女性不满意，主要原因是体重超标（35.1%），这与营养状况相关，即体重指数的增加会提高不满意女性的比例。来自巴伊亚州的老年人对自己的身体形象不满意，这种不满与肥胖的患病率相关。
