Author:

• Daniel Vicentini de Oliveira - Oliveira, D.V - <d.vicentini@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0272-9773

Co-author(s):

• Veridiane Brigato de Oliveira - Oliveira, VB - <veridianebrigato@gmail.com>
• Géssica Aline Caruzo - Caruzo, GA - <gessica.caruzo@hotmail.com>
• Áurea Ferreira Gonçalves - Gonçalves, AF - <aurea_fisio@hotmail.com>
• José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento Júnior - Júnior, JRAN - <jroberto.jrs01@gmail.com>
• Paolo Marcello da Cunha Fabro - Fabro, PMC - <pcunha88@hotmail.com>
• Cláudia Regina Cavaglieri - Cavaglieri, CR - <cavaglieri@fef.unicamp.br>

Abstract:

This study proposed to evaluate the level of physical activity and the cognitive state of elderly users of the Basic Health Units (BHU) of the Municipality of Maringá, Paraná. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, epidemiological study of 654 elderly men and women, both of whom were BHU users. A sociodemographic questionnaire was used, the Mini mental state examination and the International Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Chi-square, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney \"U\" tests, adopting significance when p

Keywords:

Motor activity; Cognition; Gerontology; Health promotion

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