Lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic in older adults’ regular basic education teachers in a district of North Lima
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https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt2024644Keywords:
COVID – 19, Pandemic, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Elderly PeopleAbstract
Introduction: in older adults, lifestyle plays a key role in adaptation to cope with the coronavirus pandemic during isolation and quarantine at home, so its research objective is to determine the lifestyle during the pandemic of COVID - 19 in older adults’ regular basic education teachers in a district of North Lima.
Methods: it is a quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional study, with a total population of 176 adults over 60 years of age, who answered a questionnaire of sociodemographic data and the lifestyle instrument.
Results: the results show the lifestyle of older adults, where 38 (21,6 %) have a lifestyle in a danger zone, 21 (11,9 %) have a low lifestyle, 89 (50,6 %) have an adequate lifestyle and 28 (15,9 %) have a fantastic lifestyle.
Conclusions: in conclusion, strategies should be sought or developed to improve both physical and eating activities in older adults regular basic education teachers at home
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