Functional Fitness, Quality of Life and Living in the Moment, Senior Population Study

• Authors: Ivan Uher , Anna Pilis , Eva Litavcova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is well known that our internal state affects our ability to perform everyday tasks. Some studies [6], [17] found that the admonition to live for a present is more important than we imagined. A human mind is a wandering mind, and a wandering mind is an unhappy mind [13]. The objective of the current study was to determine how living for a present relates to quality of life and functional fitness of senior cohorts (n = 38 F. mean age = 75,6 years (SD ±9.4) that exercise regularly. Older adults completed a functional fitness test battery, quality of life and living for a present questionnaire. Living for a present was associated with age of participants, quality of life and BMI. No statistical significance was found between living for a present, functional fitness and medication use. The results support the role of living for a present as a correlate of age, BMI and quality of life. These data substantiate that living in a present could serve as an important course for better existence. In any means our study is not conclusive. Further study are needed to clarify this complex issue as living for a present no doubt represents.

Keywords

EN

living for a present, functional fitness, quality of life domains, elderly women.

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo im. Stanisława Podobińskiego Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
• Journal: Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie Kultura Fizyczna
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 157-166

Contributors

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Ivan Uher

• ÚTVŠ UPJŠ Košice.

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Anna Pilis

• Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland.

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Eva Litavcova

• FMPU PU v Prešove.

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.16926/kf.2014.13.10