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Identifying model the factors influencing the increase in the participation of the elderly in sports
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Asgar Mohammadi    , Azadeh Seyed Ali Nejad * , Sirous Ahmadi |
| Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch , iauh15@iauh.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (1704 Views) |
Introduction: In the third millennium, aging and elderly has become more and more a major global reality. One of the effective factors of human health, especially in old age, is exercise. The current research intended to identify the influential factors on enhancing the elderly sports participation in the framework of a model.
Method: It was a mixed-method (Qualitative, quantitative) research. In the qualitative section, 17 teachers and sports experts were interviewed purposefully, and accordingly, 10 influential factors enhancing the elderly sports. With respects to the quantitative section, based on convenience sampling, 324 elderly people responded to a questionnaire, both online and non-online. The validity of the questionnaire was accounted for based on experts’ views and confirmation and the reliability was done based on Alpha Cronbach, which amounted to be 95%. The exploratory factor analysis also affirmed the researcher-made questionnaire.
Results: The structural equation analysis test of the proposed model illustrated that, except for the cultural and reputation factors, all other factors would leave a significant and influential impact on the elderly sports (p<0.01). Were 10 factors identified, including medical, entertainment, physical fitness, cultural, environmental, facility, social, advertising, health, reputation, and financial factors. Meanwhile, the most influential factor was health, with the record of 40 percent.
Conclusions: Paying attention to the effective factors in increasing the sports participation of the elderly will promote health in various aspects of the elderly's life. This will facilitate and improve the quality of nursing care for the elderly. Officials and managers are encouraged to consider the priorities identified in this study and to make the necessary investments and planning so that seniors can design more exercise programs to survive
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| Keywords: Combined study, structural equation model, the elderly, sports, sport participation. |
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Type of Study: Geriatric Nursing |
Subject:
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Received: 2020/06/23 | Accepted: 2020/09/29 | Published: 2020/11/30
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