性差からみた高齢者の身体活動の効果:高齢者とその家族のQOLとの関連

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With the rapid increase in the aged people, there is an outcry for the society to deal adequately with those problems related to them. To keep lifelong health and fitness for general people including the aged is necessary to preserve vital energy of the total society. In this line keeping health and fitness in the aged is to be an important theme. This study aimed to investigate from the sexual point of view that the way their physical activities do relate to their health status and QOL and that also to their families'QOL. Samples and the method were already presented elsewhere. Results showed for the both sexes that the participants in physical activities showed better health status and higher QOL than non-participants and that the either level of QOL for participants or non-participants correlated with those of their families. There was a slight sexual difference in their motives for physical activity; therefore, this must be considered when an intervention was intended.