Resistance strategy to ageism-based frailty in Italian older women in the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between resistance to ageism-based frailty (A-BF) and physical activity (PA) and sport in a cohort of women, aged 65 and older, living in Central Italy. The study was conducted in the spring of 2021 when rigorous COVID-19 containment measures were in force across Italy. A quanti-qualitative investigation was carried out in the cohort. A questionnaire to evaluate older women's engagement in (PA) and sport was administered and subsequently semi-structured phone interviews with those subjects who were found to be physically active were conducted to evaluate their forms of resistance to the crisis. A total number of 88 subjects responded and participated in the survey. Two tools were used to determine the study outcomes in the

SUBMITTER: Matteucci I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021209 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature