Physical activity in postmenopausal women

Gabriela Szufnara-Wójcik
Miłosz Boguszewski
Norbert Nizio
Justyna Wyszyńska
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Justyna Drzał-Grabiec
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Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
Faculty of Tourism and Health, Academy of Physical Education Józef Piłsudski in Warsaw, branch in Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, Poland
Faculty of Tourism and Health, Academy of Physical Education Józef Piłsudski in Warsaw, branch in Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, Poland
Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
Institute of Physiotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Received: 13 July 2018 / Accepted: 23 September 2018 / Published: 30 December 2018

Abstract

Introduction. Menopause is the time when the female body goes through substantial endocrine changes resultant from the gradual phasing out of the reproductive activity of the ovaries. Consequently, post-menopausal women face some perimenopausal symptoms. These symptoms affect everyday physical and psychological functioning to various extent, and result in certain limitations.

Aim. The aim of this paper was to study which limitations are most difficult for postmenopausal women, and how menopause symptoms affect women’s physical activity and satisfaction with life, as these are important components of quality of life.

Material and methods. The study involved 60 postmenopausal women. We used our own questionnaire.

Results. We did not find the remaining relationships enumerated in research questions: the impact of menopausal syndromes on the frequency of physical activity, on its intensity, and on satisfaction with life, nor with the impact of subjective health on intensity of physical effort.

Conclusion. We confirmed the relationship between intensity of physical effort and satisfaction with life and the relationship between subjective assessment of one’s health and the frequency of physical activity. 

 

Cite

Szufnara-Wójcik G, Boguszewski M, Nizio N, Wyszyńska J, Drzał-Grabiec J. Physical activity in postmenopausal women. Eur J Clin Exp Med. 2018;16(4):300–307. doi: 10.15584/ejcem.2018.4.6

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