THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A STATE OF ART REVIEW
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Failure to comply with general recommendations for physical activity has a major impact on quality of life. Rehabilitation Nursing Specialists are subject to clients' vulnerabilities, emotional and physical burden, and can be more easily influenced by frustrations and desires in the face of their health condition.
This article aimed to describe the relationships between the level of physical activity and quality of life between age groups and professionals, given that, to our knowledge, there are no studies that explore the relationship between these variables in this group of professionals.
A literature review was carried out through a bibliographic search in the electronic databases EBSCO HOST, PubMed, and SciELO, which contemplated the relationship between the variables under study, in articles in the period research, between April 1 and July 26, 2019. 16 articles were included in the qualitative analysis.
In the analyzed studies, the physically active were associated with higher levels of quality of life.
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