The effect of implementation a program the physical activity in the functionality and well-being in old people

Introduction: The increasing the number of old people with chronic illness to live in the community, allows the involvement of public health, management of chronic disease, promoting wellbeing and functionality of these people. The Promoting physical activity in old people has an important role in public health. The aim of this study is the implementation of a program of physical activity to improve the functionality and well being in old people. Methods: This is a prospective study. The study includes 17 people, aged between 66 and 83 years old, 75% female, 65% married, were all retired and all had functional independence. The data collection was performed on senior’s universities in Lisbon - Portugal. It was applied in the program of self-regulation the promotion of physical activity (IPPA), 90 minutes for a week, lasting seven weeks.We used one question “Please classify your functionality?” with an answer in numerical scale between “0” and “11” and the Personal Wellbeing Scale (PWS) before implementing the program (time A) and end implementing the program (time B). Results: The correlations between the functionality perception and well-being, before application of IPPA (r=0.42, p<0.01), and the end of the implementation of IPPA (r=0.68, p