Promoting the health of the elderly: Assessing the quality of life and the cost of treatment based on physical activity
Subject Areas : Physical Activity and Healthsamira Akbari 1 , Hosein AliMohmadi 2
1 - M.Sc., Leisure Management, Qom University,Qom, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Leisure Management, Qom University, Qom, Iran
Keywords: quality of life, treatment costs, sporty participation, elderly,
Abstract :
The category of quality of life in different strata, especially the elderly who have special mental and psychological conditions is very important, the quality of life taken into account as an important indicator in the study of the health of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life and treatment costs of the elderly based on the level of sporty participation.The present research is scientific-comparative research in the form of a survey. The statistical sample of this study was 600 elderly people who were selected from the cities of the Khuzestan province, which were selected in the form available. The data collection tool in this present study is a questionnaire and it consisted of three sections: demographic information, treatment costs, and sporty participation and quality of life (whoQo-BREF), which contained 25 questions in six areas. The formal validity and the content of the questionnaire were confirmed by experts. The data analysis in the descriptive statistics section has used the indicators of central tendency and dispersion; in the inferential statistics section, the normal tests of data distribution were used One-way analysis of variance and Schaffer post hoc test. All statistical operations were performed through SPSS software version 20.The results showed that there is a significant difference between the treatment costs and quality of life of the elderly based on the level of sporty participation.It seems that due to the importance of quality of life in the elderly, regular physical activity can be considered as one of the ways to improve the quality of life of the elderly as well as reduce the treatment costs
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