The The Exercise Behaviors and Needs of the Customers at the Sports Center, College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University, after the Pandemic of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

Abstract

The research studied (1) the exercise behaviors of customers at the Sports Center before and after the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), (2) the needs for prevention measures after the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 – including the physical and environmental measures, monitoring and risk-screening measures, self-protection measures, and personal-spacing measures, (3) the cooperation of customers, and (4) their opinions about the Sports Center services after the pandemic with the new normal pattern. The data were collected by questionnaires during August – September 2020 from 81 customers at the Sports Center, College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University, before analysis using frequency, percentage (%), mean ( ), and standard deviation (S.D.). The research found that exercise behaviors before and after the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are not different.  The needs for the prevention measures at the Sports Center after the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is at a high level (  = 3.86). The need for the monitoring and risk-screening guideline is the most crucial (  = 3.98).  Moreover, the cooperation of customers when using the Sports Center to prevent the pandemic is at the highest level with an average of 4.21, while their opinions about the post COVID-19 services of the Sports Center with a new normal concept is also at the highest level with an average of 4.00.