新營醫院投稿 22ND HPH 期刊
Study of influential factors of physical fitness of elderly community at SinYing district in Taiwan
SinYing Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of China.
Chun LIANG, Herng-Huey CHEN, Hua-Kuei LI, Shuen-Fa LIN, Li-Lan HUANG, Cheng-Chin PAN
Abstract
This study is to find out the physical fitness of elderly community at SinYing district in Taiwan and discuss the related influential factors of physical fitness of elderly community. We expected through the survey of elderly physical fitness and influential factors can provide reference of practical application in the future.
Purpose / Methods
The object of this study is elderly community at SinYing district in Taiwan. The method we use are cross-section survey and purposive sampling, through the structured questionnaire interview and detection of elderly physical fitness to collect data, we get 110 valid questionnaires. The purpose are:
(1) Discuss the relation and influence between variables of "softness", "muscle strength and muscle endurance ", "cardiovascular endurance" and "balance" to physical fitness of elderly community.
(2)Discuss in each predictive variables, which is more effectiveness of prediction to physical fitness of elderly community.
(3)Discuss the causal model on the applicability of study in physical fitness of elderly community.
Results
We use descriptive statistical analysis, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis, etc. to analyze. The main results showed that:
(1) Gender and softness are positively correlated.
(2) Age and muscle strength, muscle endurance, cardiovascular endurance and balance showed a significant negative correlation.
(3)BMI and muscle strength, muscle endurance, cardiovascular endurance and balance showed a significant negative correlation.
(4)Hip ratio and muscle strength, muscle endurance, cardiovascular endurance and balance showed a significant negative correlation.
(5) Through the related intensity of physical fitness of elderly community can predict that the best variables are gender, age, hip ratio, etc. The variables in this study explain 33% variance of the physical fitness of elderly community.
Conclusion
There exist difference between genders in softness of elderly, it is significant positively correlated. BMI and hip ratio with the functional physical fitness showed a significant negative correlation in different ages of elderly, so the elderly’s endurance, cardiovascular endurance and balance are obvious decline. For the significant decline of functional physical fitness of elderly community should be make appropriate exercise prescription in the future.
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Table1 the status of physical fitness of elderly community N=110 |
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Variables |
People |
Avg |
σ |
Min |
Max |
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Age |
110 |
72.2 |
5.4 |
65.0 |
85.0 |
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Height |
110 |
157.5 |
8.5 |
140.0 |
179.0 |
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Weight |
110 |
58.2 |
8.2 |
41.0 |
77.0 |
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Hip Ratio |
110 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
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Softness |
Body bent to front on the chair(left foot) |
110 |
8.7 |
11.1 |
-19.0 |
40.0 |
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Body bent to front on the chair(right foot) |
110 |
9.9 |
10.9 |
-20.0 |
40.0 |
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Catch back test(left hand) |
110 |
-7.5 |
10.7 |
-38.0 |
6.0 |
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Catch back test(right hand) |
110 |
-3.5 |
9.5 |
-34.0 |
9.0 |
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Muscle Strength & Muscle Endurance |
30 seconds sit on chairs of lower-extremity strength |
110 |
16.5 |
4.8 |
8.0 |
29.0 |
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30 seconds Biceps bent & raise(left arm) |
110 |
22.6 |
5.6 |
10.0 |
39.0 |
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30 seconds Biceps bent & raise(right arm) |
110 |
23.2 |
6.9 |
10.0 |
38.0 |
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Cardiovascular Endurance |
2 mins stand and knee lift |
110 |
100.3 |
15.0 |
66.0 |
138.0 |
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Open eyes and standing with left foot |
110 |
19.9 |
11.2 |
1.0 |
30.0 |
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Open eyes and standing with right foot |
110 |
18.9 |
11.3 |
1.0 |
30.0 |
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