Association between physical activity and quality of life: National Health Survey

Objective. To analyze the effect of Physical Activity (PA) on the Quality of Life (QL) of people aged 15 years and over considering sociodemographic, epidemiological, and psychosocial characteristics collected in a national survey carried out in Chile. Materials and methods. Quantitative-analytical-transversal developed in Chile 2020. Descriptive and inferential statistics. Results. Average age of 49 years, 63% female. 15% reported practicing some sport or training intensely; 75% have a good or very good QL, and 53% have a good or very good QL in health.Those who practiced an intense sport were more likely to have a good or very good QL (OR= 1.58; 95%CI= 1.28,1.96) and QL associated with health (OR= 1.67; 95%CI= 1.40,1.99) compared to those who did not do it. Conclusions. PA is an aspect that impacts people's QL, cheap, easy to establish, and positively impacts the general health of the population.