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The positive impact of physical activity on the elderly is so relevant that WHO (2016) encourages
it and sets out global recommendations for its practice. This paper describes a non-experimental study
with 202 participants, with a mean age of 81.76 ± 7.47 years, of which 70.3% are female. 20.7% live with
a spouse and 5.2% with their sons/daughters. The vast majority of participants (92.1%) has different
levels of support from their care givers. Subjective measures were collected through the Baecke Habitual
Physical Activity Questionnaire (HPAQ) (2009), and analyzed using the SPSS-24 with the confidence
level of 95%. The results show that only 1.5% of the participants engaged in Sports Score (SS) while 44%
participated in Leisure Time Score (LTS) activities with mean values of 1,045±1.05. The Domestic
Activities Score (DAS) involves the largest number of subjects (83.7%) with a mean of .817± 69, and the
HPAQ average is 1.3±1.31. Inferential analysis shows that advanced age, non-cohabitation with spouse
and institutional support are relevant in the type of Physical Activities engaged in by the elderly. Gender
and Body Mass Index (BMI) were not significant. It is, therefore, important to sensitize the providers of
elderly care to develop strategies likely to promote, monitor, and follow up such Physical Activities.
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Physical activity elderly Baecke