Relationships between leisure involvement and quality of life among users of public sports centre aged 45 years and older

ABSTRACT

Leisure participation and physical activity have emerged as important issues in discussions on ageing and the improvement of life quality. The aim of this study is to understand the relationships between leisure involvement and quality of life among users of public sports centre in Taiwan. Questionnaires were distributed to users aged 45 years or older across four sports centres. A total of 502 valid questionnaires were analysed. A reliability analysis, descriptive statistics analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted employing the statistical software PASW 18.0 for Windows. The results indicate that leisure involvement produces significant positive quality-of-life outcomes, especially in the physical, psychological, and environmental domains. This study improves understanding of how leisure involvement affects quality of life among middle-aged and older users of public sports centres. The research concludes with practical implications and suggestions for future research.

摘要

休閒參與及身體活動已成為討論老化與生活品質促進時的重要議題。本研究旨在瞭解臺灣公立運動中心使用者之休閒涉入與生活品質狀況，以四個運動中心45歲以上之使用者為對象進行問卷調查，共蒐集502份有效問卷，所得資料以PASW 18.0 for Windows軟體進行信度分析、描述性統計分析與多元迴歸分析。研究結果顯示，運動中心使用者之休閒涉入對生活品質有正向顯著的關係，特別是在生理、心理與環境面向上。本研究對於中高齡運動中心使用者如何透過休閒涉入改善生活品質提供更進一步的解析與探討，最後亦依據研究結果提出管理與後續研究建議。

KEYWORDS:

• Successful ageing
• Taiwan
• public sports centre
• physically active leisure

關鍵字:

• 成功老化、臺灣、公立運動中心、體能類休閒活動

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan: [Grant Number MOST 106-2410-H-214-010].