原著論文
中高齢者の健康運動教室への参加がメンタルヘルスに与える影響の検討
―横断的研究および縦断的研究からのアプローチ―
キーワード:
exercise training,
middle-aged and older adults,
QOL,
hierarchical multiple regression analysis
2008 年 41 巻 p. 5-10
詳細
2008 年 41 巻 p. 5-10
The purpose of this study was 1) to investigate the relationships between physical exercise and mental health of middle-aged and older adults and 2) to examine the degree of the effects of a physical exercise training program on the improvement of middle-aged and older adults' mental health. The subjects of 67 middle-aged and older adults (male=7, female=60, mean age=61.21, SD=4.91) were asked to answer a questionnaire composed of a face sheet and Mental Health Pattern (Hashimoto et al., 2000) on September 30th, 2000. The experimental group consisted of 25 subjects (male=3, female=22, mean age=60.88, SD=4.58) out of 67 subjects participated in the physical exercise training program and answered the questionnaire twice : on the first day of the program, September 30th, and on the last day, December 16th. The physical exercise training program, once a week for 8 weeks, included 90-minute long moderate-impact exercise and stretching. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between physical activity, demographic variables and mental health, and a one-way repeated measures ANOVA was conducted to examine the effects of the physical exercise training program. The results of the analyses showed that the predictor variables of “Belonging to an exercise and sport club” and “Duration of exercise and sports” were positively correlated with “QOL,” and that, in the experimental group, there was a statistically significant decline in “Psychological Stress” and “Physical Stress” between the first and the last day of the program, thus implying that belonging to an exercise and sport club was an important factor, directly or indirectly, in improving the QOL of middle-aged and older adults. This suggests that joining a program of exercise can make middle-aged and older adults contented and spirited in their everyday life. Comparison of the psychological well-being between the two groups, one with the physical exercise training program and the other without it, will be needed in future research.
