Promoción de estilos de vida saludable en el club de adultos mayores La Providencia. Cantón Guano. Provincia de Chimborazo. Noviembre 2014 – abril 2015

Abstract

This present research objective is to promote healthy life styles in elderly people of the club “La Providencia” belonging to Canton Guano, Chimborazo Province. This research was descriptive and cross sectional with the application of a survey as a technique to gather information about socio demographics, style life and pathologies in the elderly person. This investigation was reviewed and validated by experts. The sample consisted of 27 adults of the club. Regarding to older people knowledge, 85% of adults did not know about the importance of the physical activity and its benefits, 74% did not healthy food. Concerning to life styles, 7% of adults used to smoke, 19% drank alcohol, 70% did not practice physical activity and 44% consumed high quantity of carbohydrates in their diet. Taking into account the different characteristics of older people, some actions were developed to promote healthy- life styles getting as results of the interventions a meaningful rise of the level of adult knowledge. In relation of the practice of the physical activity there was an increase from 15 to 93% of the adults who know about the importance of the physical activity, 96% of them know about healthy food, 60% eat a varied an balanced diet and 100% practice physical activity an hour once a week. It is recommended to monitor the healthy- life style promoting actions in older people in order to improve the health and life conditions of this group.