A pandemia de COVID-19 e a saúde mental de idosos: possibilidades de atividade física por meio dos Exergames

Authors

  • Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física UESB/UESC, Jequié, Bahia, Brasil. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8655-5151
  • Carolina Rego Chaves Dias Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Departamento de Saúde II, Jequié, Bahia, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-2964
  • Mônica Costa Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9492-7610
  • Camilo Luis Monteiro Lourenço Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Educação Física, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0231-1702
  • Clarice Alves dos Santos Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física UESB/UESC, Jequié, Bahia, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2730-5117

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12820/rbafs.25e0142

Keywords:

Motor activity, Elderly, Mental health

Abstract

This theoretical essay was prepared with the aims to discuss the effects of the pandemic on mental health of elderly people and the contribution of exergames as non-drug therapy for health care in this group in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite understanding that restrictive measures for agglomerations are important strategies in controlling the pandemic, social isolation can further increase the vulnerability of the elderly, especially the worsening of psychic morbidities. In this sense, presenting possibilities of physical activities, already proven accepted, as effective therapeutic modalities, in the face of these conditions, and indicating possibilities of moving with exergames, contributes to the increase in the level of physical activity and, consequently, to the improvement mental health of this population.

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Author Biography

Saulo Vasconcelos Rocha, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física UESB/UESC, Jequié, Bahia, Brasil.

Departamento de Saúde II
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física UESB/UESC
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva - Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde da População

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Published

2020-10-29

How to Cite

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Rocha SV, Dias CRC, Silva MC, Lourenço CLM, Santos CA dos. A pandemia de COVID-19 e a saúde mental de idosos: possibilidades de atividade física por meio dos Exergames. Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];25:1-4. Available from: https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/14424

Issue

Vol. 25 (2020)

Section

Theoretical Essays on Physical Activity and Health

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