| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 體育學系在職進修碩士班 === 91 === Relationship between Exercise Behavior and Medical Treatment on the Middle-Aged Population
June 2003 Shu-Feng Hsiao
Jiunn-Chern Jwo
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to understand the exercise behavior of middle-aged population and to investigate the relationship between exercise behavior and the records of medical treatment of middle-aged population in Taiwan. The subjects included 446 males and 398 females whose age were over 40 years old. The data were collected from a questionnaire which containd their exercise behavior and the records of medical treatment. By using descriptive statistics, chi- square test, independent sample t test. one-way ANOVA and multiple regressions to analyzethose data respectively. The conclusions were:
1. 47.87 percent of the subjects in this study were involving in regular physical activities per week, the percentage of the regular exerciser of the male and female subjects were 50.45 percent and 44.97percent respectively.
2. The primary reason cause the most of the subjects who failure to exercise two or three times per week in this study was “too busy to exercise”. And the second excuse was “no environment to exercise “
3. In this study, about 37.80 percent of the subjects exercised at least three times per week, 41.82 percent of the subjects could exercise at least thirty minutes every time, and 61.02 percent of the subjects more likely enjoyed light strained exercise, 33.81 percent chosed moderate strained exercise, still 5.81 percent chosed high strained.exercise.
4. In the regular exercise group, 73.37 percent female and 76.91 percent male involved in physical activities primitively intended for healthy consideration and for interest reason. 74.88 percent of them really got health and happiness after the exercise, as what they thought.
5. The group who were over 61 years old is the highest ratio of regular exercises than any other groups (p<0.05), when the subjects were divided by age.
6. The average number of the medical treatment of the subjects in this study was 7.16 times per year. The average number of male’s medical treatments were 6.37 times lower than the female’s 8.04 times per year. (P<0.05)
7. The average number of the male and female subjects who were not regular exerciser each required medical care 7.67 and 9.44 times per year. Both are more frequent of medical treatment than the regular male and female exerciser (p<0.05), who needed medical treatments 5.06 and 6.32 times per year respectively.
8. The subjects who always involved in high or moderate strained exercise needed less medical cares than those who always involved in light strained exercise (p<0.05). The average numbers of medical treatments of the two groups were 5.02 times and 8.49 times respectively.
9. The subjects who involved in physical activities three times per week were less frequent for medical care than other subjects. (P<0.05)
10. The subjects who exercise last 41 to 50 minutes every time were less frequent for medical treatment than other subjects who were not (P<0.05).
In the study we found that the middle-aged people who had exercised regularly really decreased the munber of medical cares and saved medical expense. But there still had around 50% of middle-aged people didn’t have regular exerciser. Such was not really a good situation for medical expense and can be improved a lot. We hope the government and physical educational experts can work together and benefit to all peoples in the future.
Key Words: Middle-Aged Population, Exercise Behavior, Medical Treatment
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