The Impact of Leisure Sports Activities on the Index of Quality of Life in Adults
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: The objective of this article is to show, in a declarative and comparative manner, the impact of recreational sports activities on quality of life index in adults, who perform leisure sports activities and for those who do not practice. The question of this study is: the leisure sport activities have an impact on the index of quality of life, in adults? Methods: The study was conducted between October 2012, March 2013 on a sample of 500 adults, who responded to a survey questionnaire, for the evaluation of the quality of life, with the name Short form (SF – 36), of whom 318 individuals perform leisure sports activities and 182 do not perform this kind of activities. The age range of our subjects undergoing our research is 25–49 years. Results: Out of the total subject population, (N= 500), for those who practice sports activities (N= 318), quality of life is good for 51.1% and satisfactory for 45.9%. For the persons which do not perform sports activities (N=182), 49.5% have a satisfactory quality of life, however, for 45.1% the quality of life is unsatisfactory and only for 5.5%, the quality of life is good. Conclusions: The adult persons that perform sports activites in a consistent and sistematic way, have a better quality of life index than those who do not perform these types of activities.
Source: Journal Plus Education
Authors: Georgian Bădicu, Lorand Balint
Language: English
Subfield: Life-span and Life-course Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2610730013