Submitted by Sara Ribeiro (sara.ribeiro@ucb.br) on 2017-04-05T12:20:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria M??rcia Viana Prazeres - Tese 2017.pdf: 2764749 bytes, checksum: 156ae8b0b88507c968ac0d6da5a7212b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-05T12:20:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria M??rcia Viana Prazeres - Tese 2017.pdf: 2764749 bytes, checksum: 156ae8b0b88507c968ac0d6da5a7212b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / The aging of the world's population, motivated by the increase in life expectancy reveals, on the one hand, a great achievement of humanity throughout its history and, on the other, represents one of its great challenges. Given the need to make social and economical efforts in the sense of enabling this population a healthy longevity from the physiological, psychological and social point of view. Therefore, it is relevant to the study of the practices that are most appropriate for the elderly, and the study on playful and playfulness make an important contribution because they value activities that are pleasant and meaningful to the elderly. Capotherapy, considered a playful modality, because this is a little known activity, makes of it an interesting object of study. Therefore, the objective of this research was to investigate the perception about the elements which compose the practice of Capotherapy and the effects on the biopsychosocial dimensions in the life of elderly practitioners enrolled in an association of the elderly. The research was exploratory and descriptive, with qualitative and quantitative approach, with the participation of 34 individuals, being 28 women and 6 men, average age of 71 (?? 8 years). Data were collected from a questionnaire applied individually with socioeconomic information and a semi-structured script with two generating questions: "What is Capotherapy for you, in terms of the elements that make it up?" And "How do you see yourself before and after the practice of Capotherapy????. For the analysis of the data, the software IRAMUTEQ- Interface de R pour analyses Multidimensionnelles des Textes et de Questionaires, software Excel 2010 and semi-structured interviews. The results, based on the reports of the elderly, indicated that Capoterapy can be considered a playful practice, according to the elements that compose it, which is associated with corporal practices, capoeira and dance, and which provides positive effects on self-esteem, status functional, the sensation of physical and psychological pain, memory, the rescue of reminiscences, the feeling of belonging and social interaction. It is concluded that the Capotherapy is a corporal practice with playful aspects, that provides several biopsychosocial benefits to the elderly population. / O envelhecimento da popula????o mundial motivado pelo aumento da expectativa de vida revela, por um lado, uma grande conquista da humanidade em toda a sua hist??ria e, por outro, representa um de seus grandes desafios. H?? necessidade de se envidarem esfor??os sociais e econ??micos no sentido de possibilitar a essa popula????o um envelhecimento saud??vel, do ponto de vista fisiol??gico, psicol??gico e social. Por isso, se torna relevante estudar as pr??ticas que s??o mais adequadas aos idosos e, o estudo sobre o l??dico e as suas viv??ncias traz uma importante contribui????o pois, valoriza atividades que s??o prazerosas e significativas a essa popula????o. A Capoterapia ?? considerada uma pr??tica l??dica, mas ainda ?? uma atividade pouco conhecida. Assim, o objetivo dessa pesquisa foi investigar a percep????o sobre os elementos que comp??em a pr??tica da Capoterapia e os efeitos nas dimens??es biopsicossociais na vida de praticantes inscritos em uma associa????o de idosos. A pesquisa foi de car??ter explorat??rio e descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa, com a participa????o de 34 indiv??duos, sendo 28 mulheres e 06 homens, com a m??dia de idade 71 (?? 8 anos). A coleta dos dados ocorreu a partir de um question??rio aplicado individualmente com informa????es socioecon??micas e um roteiro semiestruturado com duas perguntas geradoras: ???O que ?? a Capoterapia para voc?????? e ???Como voc?? se v?? antes e depois da pr??tica da Capoterapia????. Para as an??lises dos dados utilizou-se do software IRAMUTEQ - Interface de R pour analyses Multidimensionnelles des Textes et de Questionaires, do software Excel 2010 e das entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados, a partir dos relatos dos idosos, indicaram que a Capoterapia pode ser considerada uma pr??tica l??dica, conforme os elementos que a comp??e, que est?? associada ??s pr??ticas corporais, capoeira e dan??a, e que propicia efeitos positivos na autoestima, no estado de ??nimo, na capacidade funcional, na sensa????o das dores f??sicas e psicol??gicas, na mem??ria, no resgate das reminisc??ncias, no sentimento de pertencimento e no conv??vio social. Conclui-se que a Capoterapia ?? uma pr??tica corporal com aspectos l??dicos, que proporciona diversos benef??cios biopsicossociais ?? popula????o idosa.