Department of Physical Education and Sport, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Campus of Melilla, University of Granada, Melilla 52006, Spain.
Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Granada, Granada 18011, Spain.
Biomed Res Int. 2021 Feb 24;2021:6687381. doi: 10.1155/2021/6687381. eCollection 2021.
Active aging is aimed at promoting quality of life in older adults. Nevertheless, the relationship between physical role and the practice of physical activity (PA) can be influenced by bodily pain feeling and by a low level of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Passive and active strategies are susceptible to being modified and constitute an important psychological predictor of adaptation to pain. This cross-sectional study (1) analyzed the differences between inactive/active older adult women in terms of clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, pain coping strategies, and HRQoL; (2) studied the associations between pain coping strategies, the dimensions of the HRQoL questionnaire, and physical role; and (3) determined if passive strategies, bodily pain, physical function, and general health were significant mediators in the link between being inactive/active and physical role.
Participants of the present cross-sectional study completed measures of clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, HRQoL using the Short-Form Health Survey-36, and active and passive strategies using the Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory (VPMI).
A total of 157 inactive (69.9 ± 7.1 years) and 183 active (68.8 ± 5.3 years) women from rural areas were included in the study. Both groups significantly differed in the majority of the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics measured, pain coping strategies, and HRQoL. Bodily pain, physical function, and general health predicted physical role. Moreover, passive strategies, bodily pain, physical function, and general health mediated the link between inactive/active participants and physical role.
Being physically active or inactive contributes to a better understanding of the link between PA, pain coping strategies, and physical role in older women.
积极老龄化旨在提高老年人的生活质量。然而，身体角色与体力活动（PA）的实践之间的关系可能会受到身体疼痛感觉和健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）水平的影响。被动和主动策略容易改变，是适应疼痛的重要心理预测因素。本横断面研究（1）分析了不活跃/活跃的老年女性在临床和社会人口统计学特征、疼痛应对策略和 HRQoL 方面的差异；（2）研究了疼痛应对策略与 HRQoL 问卷维度之间的关系，以及身体角色；（3）确定被动策略、身体疼痛、身体功能和一般健康状况是否在不活跃/活跃与身体角色之间的联系中起重要中介作用。
本横断面研究的参与者完成了临床和社会人口统计学特征、使用 Short-Form Health Survey-36 评估的 HRQoL 以及使用 Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory（VPMI）评估的主动和被动策略的测量。
共有 157 名农村地区的不活跃（69.9 ± 7.1 岁）和 183 名活跃（68.8 ± 5.3 岁）女性参与了本研究。两组在大多数测量的临床和社会人口统计学特征、疼痛应对策略和 HRQoL 方面存在显著差异。身体疼痛、身体功能和一般健康状况预测身体角色。此外，被动策略、身体疼痛、身体功能和一般健康状况中介了不活跃/活跃参与者与身体角色之间的联系。
身体活跃或不活跃有助于更好地理解 PA、疼痛应对策略和老年女性身体角色之间的联系。
