The evaluation quality of life in sedentary women andwomen working in stand with foot and ankle problems

Sedentary lifestyle; obesity, blood pressure problems, muscle weakness, postural disorders, heart diseases, such as causes many health problems. Working in the same posture for a long time also causes some problems such as fatigue and decreased strength in the muscles caused by static muscle loading. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the foot-ankle problems and quality of life between longstanding women and sedentary women. The study was conducted between January 2019 and May 2019 and included 30 sedentary women aged between 18 and 45 years and 30 healthy women working on their feet for a long time. In order to determine the demographic characteristics, pain prevalence and pain area of the individuals, Assessment Form, Foot Posture Index, Foot Function Index, AOFAS Foot-Ankle Survey, New York Posture Analysis Method, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale were applied to the participants. When the demographic measurements of the groups were compared, there was a statistically significant difference between the working and non-working women in terms of the presence of pain (p <0.05). 83.3% of working women and 56% of non-working women had pain complaints. Pain place comparisons of working and non-working women were made. It was concluded that heel (9.1%) was the most painful part in working women and ankle (9.1%) was the most painful part in non-working women. There was no statistically significant difference in the comparison of Quality of Life Scale, Posture Evaluation, Foot Function Index, Foot Posture Index and AOFAS between working and non-working women (p> 0.05). Keywords: Women, Foot-ankle problems, Quality of life