The Relationship between Self-Assessed Health and The Specialization of the Middle and Old Age Wai Tan Kung Participants from Chang-Hua County,Taiwan

• Main Authors: YU-HAO TSAI, 蔡育豪
• Other Authors: Feng-En Lo
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32540623972387512360

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 休閒與遊憩管理學系碩士班 === 96 === ABSTRACT Taiwan becomes old age and less new born baby society. Young population should pay more money to support elders, especially more medical expenses. If the new born baby rate cannot be increased recently, to improve health is the best way to decrease young generation’s loading. Wai Tan Kung is a kind of gentle and low intense exercise. It is good for middle-age and old-age participants’ health. Short Form-36 (SF-36) is a form recognized by World Health Organization to access people’s health. To review the past Wai Tan Kung’s research, most studies focused on the physical impacts. There were few researches to use SF-36 as a tool to study Wai Tan Kung. The objectives of this research were to realize the relationships between the specialization of Wai Tan Kung participants and their self-assessed health by SF-36. Four hundred people were selected in this cross-sectional, descriptive study by using a structured questionnaire. Three hundred fifty-one valid data were used to analyze as the results, the valid corresponding rate was 87.75%. The surveys were conducted during the period of March to April 2008. The results of this study were the followings: 1. The relationship between gender and age of surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants and their self-assessed health (1) There were no significant difference between surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants’ gender and their self-assessed health. (2) The value of vitality (VT) was significantly related to surveyed male Wai Tan Kung participant’s ages. (3) There were no significant differences between surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants’ ages and their self-assessed health. 2. The relationship between the specialization of surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants and the self-assessed health. (1) Most surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants were assessed as the middle level of specialization, the primary level was 2nd high surveyed population, the highest level of specialization was 3rd high ones, new players were the fewest surveyed population. (2)The values of physical functioning(PF), role limitations due to physical health problems (RP), role limitations due to emotional problems (RE), social functioning (SF), bodily pain(BP), vitality (VT), mental health (MH), and general health (GH) were significantly positively related to surveyed one’s specializations. (3) The results of surveyed Wai Tan Kung participants were similar to females. (4) The values of role limitations due to physical health problems (RP), role limitations due to emotional problems (RE), vitality (VT), mental health (MH), and general health (GH) were significantly positively related to surveyed male one’s specializations. 3. The participant’s motivation, to make friends, was significantly related to surveyed Wai Tan Kung participant’s specializations. 4. The participant’s obstacles, not enough time and not affordable physical agility, were significantly related to surveyed Wai Tan Kung participant’s specializations. According to the results of this research, we can encourage people to play Wai Tan Kung to improve their health.