Percepción de adultos mayores chilenos en relación a la salud y el ejercicio físico en pandemia Covid-19 (Perception of Chilean older adults in relation to health and physical exercise in pandemic Covid-19)

Autores/as

  • Aquiles Alejandro Almonacid-Fierro Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8328-017X
  • Manuel Alberto Almonacid Fierro Universidad Autónoma de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v42i0.89678

Palabras clave:

Adultos mayores, Covid-19; ejercicio físico, calidad de vida., (Elderly adults, Covid-19; physical exercise, quality of life)

Resumen

 

El propósito de este artículo es comprender el significado que le otorgan adultos mayores de la zona central de Chile al periodo de la pandemia Covid-19 respecto a la salud y al ejercicio físico. Desde el punto de vista metodológico, la investigación se inscribe en la perspectiva del paradigma interpretativo-comprensivo, a través de metodología cualitativa. Se entrevistó a 17 adultos mayores en dos ocasiones, año 2020 año 2021, las entrevistas se realizaron vía Skipe o video llamada producto de las restricciones impuestas por la autoridad sanitaria, para evitar el contacto físico con los entrevistados. Los hallazgos del estudio dicen relación con los efectos adversos en términos psicosociales, que ha experimentado la población de adultos mayores producto del confinamiento, por otro lado, a pesar de la pandemia, los adultos mayores han mantenido hábitos saludables. En conclusión, se propone profundizar en estudios que permitan mostrar el impacto negativo del encierro en los adultos mayores y de esta manera influir para que el Estado asuma una mejor dirección en las políticas públicas dirigidas a este grupo etario.

Abstract. The purpose of this article is to understand the meaning given by elderly adults in central Chile to the period of the Covid-19 pandemic concerning health and physical exercise. From the methodological perspective, the research is inscribed in the perspective of the interpretative-comprehensive paradigm, through the qualitative methodology. Seventeen seniors were interviewed on two occasions; the year 2020, the year 2021, the interviews were performed via Skype or video call due to the restrictions imposed by the sanitary authority, to avoid physical contact with the interviewees. The results of the study are related to the adverse effects in psychosocial terms that the elderly population has experienced as a result of the confinement, oppositely, despite the pandemic, the seniors have maintained healthy lifestyles. In conclusion, this study proposes further studies to show the negative impact of confinement on elderly adults and, as follows, influence the State to assume a better direction in public policies aimed at this age group.

Biografía del autor/a

Aquiles Alejandro Almonacid-Fierro, Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile

Dr. en Actividad Física por la Universidad de Extremadura, España

Profesor Adjunto Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile 

Manuel Alberto Almonacid Fierro, Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Profesor de Educación Física

Magister en Gerencia Pública 

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Almonacid-Fierro, A. A., & Almonacid Fierro, M. A. (2021). Percepción de adultos mayores chilenos en relación a la salud y el ejercicio físico en pandemia Covid-19 (Perception of Chilean older adults in relation to health and physical exercise in pandemic Covid-19). Retos, 42, 947–957. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v42i0.89678

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