An Exploratory Study of Physical Fitness and Balance among Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in Welfare Institutions

• Main Authors: LIN,PO-HSUAN, 林博軒
• Other Authors: LIN,JIN-DING
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48404461801278815124

碩士 === 國防醫學院 === 公共衛生學研究所 === 104 === Background: People with intellectual disability (ID) in unhealthy status whose physical fitness were worse than the normal suffered from high risks of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, especially being associated with other disorders.Thus they needed more and more long-term health care services. Objective: There were less literatures or studies of investigation on ID who belonged to welfare institutions. This study aimed to understand that ID’s life style, physical activtiy, fitness and balance, which relations were concerned. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study, which was using structured questionnaire. Subjects with ID were recruited via method of purposive sampling from three welfare institutions were selected. Three institutions whose ID were 297 agreed on study for surveying and collecting data. The valid data collected was 158 which analyzed by SPSS 20.0 for the inference statistical analysis. Results: With a multiple logistic regression analysis, there were suffered from other diseases or those who used drugs, the more likely abnormal body mass index. With a multiple linear regression analysis, ID who were men, better fitness condition, or having regular excise performed preferable muscle power on 30/60 sit-ups.Women with ID were better than ID men on soft tissue performance. ID with bad eating behavior had satisfactory soft tissue performance than good group. ID who were women, with serious disability, or having worse fitness condition had poor cardio-respiratory fitness performance.The group with ID who had serious disability were worse than mild group on standing balance with one leg. Disability rank was an index factor which impacted on ID’s standing balance with one leg. Conclusion: In view of these results, institutional ID due to limitations inherent on so poorly in the fitness and balance performance. To improve fitness and balance performance indicators for these high risk groups, it is currently required for health-related issues faced by practitioners.