Comparison of general health in active and non active elder's women and it's relationship with psychosocial development

The purpose of this study was to compare general health in active and non active elder's women and it's relationship with psychosocial development.

142 elder’s women (71 active elders and 71 non active elders) aged 60 - 85 years, from Tehran city availability selected as statistical sample. All elders were complete the Psychosocial Development Questionnaire (MPD) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28).

The results showed that active elder's women had better scores in general health and psychosocial development than non active women elders (P<0/05). There was significant relationship between depression and psychosocial development characteristics in active women elders and depression, disorder in social efficacy and psychosocial development characteristics in non active women elders. Also the result of step wise regression showed that depression component in active women elders and depression and disorder in social efficacy components in non active women elders have linear relation with the criteria variant (psychosocial development) and deserve the prediction of psychosocial development.

According to finding present research could conclude that physical activity is effective to improve the general health and psychosocial development in women elders.