A Comparative Study of the Level of Fatigue, Exercise Behavior and Cardiopulmonary Fitness of Primary School Teachers in Taipei City

• Main Authors: Hsiu-Lan Chen, 陳秀蘭
• Other Authors: Jin-Lung Fang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2sunxv

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 體育學系在職進修碩士班 === 97 === The purposes of this research are to study the correlation among the level of fatigue, exercise behavior, and cardiopulmonary fitness by comparing the difference of fatigue levels and cardiopulmonary fitness of teachers who perform different exercise behaviors. Primary school teachers in Taipei City are randomly selected to fill out questionnaires and 733 copies of valid samples are thus used for this study. The levels of fatigue and exercise behaviors are evaluated using the Chinese version of Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire (CIS) and Exercise Behavior Questionnaire (which includes frequency, intensity, duration, and sense of joy of exercising). Based on the previous standard, CIS>76 is classified as the fatigue group, CIS≦76 as the non-fatigue group. 94 female teachers (36 of fatigue group and 58 of non-fatigue group, with the average age of 42.07±6.74) are asked to carry out the six-minute walk test in order to evaluate their cardiopulmonary fitness. The collected data is then analysed with descriptive statistics, independent-samples test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference, and Pearson’s Correlation using the SPSS14.0 software. The results of this study are as follow: 1.30.2% of the primary school teachers suffer from fatigue potentially. The level of fatigue is affected by factors such as age, number of children, years of service, working overtime, and interpersonal relationships. 32.9% of the teachers exercise regularly. Their exercise behaviors are influenced by factors such as gender, age, marital status, and years of service. 2.The levels of fatigue as demonstrated by teachers differ as their exercise habits differ. Those who exercise regularly or more frequently are significantly less fatigue than those who exercise less or do not work out at all. (p<.05) 3.The cardiopulmonary fitness of the teachers of non-fatigue group is significantly better than those of the fatigue group. (p<.05) 4.The cardiopulmonary fitness of the teachers with different exercise behaviors are significantly different. The cardiopulmonary fitness of those who exercise more frequently is better than those who exercise less. (p<.05) 5.The level of fatigue is negatively correlated to exercise behaviors and cardiopulmonary fitness (p<.01) whereas exercise behavior is positively correlated to cardiopulmonary fitness (p<.01). Conclusion: The elementary school teachers who exercise regularly and those with higher exercise behavior are less prone to fatigue and are therefore cardiopulmonarily fit. The level of fatigue is directly related to exercise behavior and cardiopulmonary fitness.