أهمية الأنشطة البدنية في تحسين اللياقة البدنية المرتبطة بالصحة للوقاية من ارتفاع ضغط الدم و تخفيف القلق النفسي لدى المسنين : دراسة مسحية أجريت بدور الأشخاص المسنين بولاية وهران (رجال-سيدات)‎ (60-70سنة)‎

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The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between physical inactivity and risk factors for high blood pressure and anxiety among the elderly and to answer the following question:’ Is the lack of physical activity related to high blood pressure and the raise level of psychological anxiety in the elderly? For that, we hypothesized that the lack of physical activity is related to hypertension and psychological anxiety.

For this purpose, a study was conducted on a sample of 80 aged persons in the home of elderly persons aged 60-70 years selected from the community of elderly persons in Oran.The method of the questionnaire consists of two chapter .The first chapter is a form for measuring the level of physical activity and the second chapter is Spiebelger’s psychological anxiety scale to measure the degree of psychological anxiety which was calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient to calculate the correlation between physical activity and hypertension, physical activity and mental anxiety which is a state of truth .After the study of the survey’s results we found out that the lack of physical activity increases the chance of developing high blood pressure and raises the level of psychological anxiety than the normal level in the elderly.

Therefore, we recommended strengthening physical activity to prevent chronic diseases and include physical and recreational activities in the home of Elderly persons