The relationship between quality of life and physical fitness in people with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of life of people with severe mental illness may be decrease by the high occurrence of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Physical fitness emerges as a modifying factor in this population through physical activity and this modification could influence in the quality of life of this population. The aim of the present study is to determine the contribution of physical fitness to the quality of life of people with severe mental illness.

Methods

In the current study, a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist assessed 62 people with severe mental illness. Physical fitness was measured with a range of 11 fitness tests that covered flexibility, strength, balance, and endurance. To assess quality of life the EQ-5D-3 L scale was used, which measures five

SUBMITTER: Perez-Cruzado D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5930752 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature