EXERCISE BEHAVIOR OF THE ELDERLY CHANTABURI

Authors

  • Chanchalak Yiammit Lecturer of Physical Education Program, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University
  • Chidchanok Srirach Lecturer of Physical Education Program, Faculty of Education, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University

Keywords:

Exercising Behavior, Senior Citizens, Factorial MANOVA

Abstract

The purposes of this research are 1) to study senior citizens’ exercising behavior and 2) to compare senior citizens’ exercising behavior. The sample group consists of 394 senior citizens aging between 60-74 years old from Chanthburi. They are chosen by purposive sampling method. Research tools used are survey on exercising behavior with a reliability of 0.78. Statistics used in data analyzing are percentage, average, standard deviation, and factorial MANOVA.

The results are as follows. 1) For daily exercising routine, it is found that the majority of the sample groups prefer walking at a normal pace at 92.89%, followed by cleaning inside the house, cleaning outside the house, decoration outside the house, and physical exercises at 90.36%, 90.86%, 86.04% and 83.25% respectively. For serious exercises, it is found that speed walking is the most popular at 61.93%, followed by rhythmic activities, and cycling at 43.91% and 42.13% respectively. 2) When categorized by gender, it is found that female subjects clean the inside and outside of their houses more than male subjects with a significance level of .05. Male subjects prefer decorating outside the house, walking at a normal pace, physical exercises, speed walking, rhythmic activities, and cycling with a significance level of .05. When categorized by occupation, it is found that the subjects of all five occupations have no differences in preferred activities, except cleaning inside the house. When categorized by chronic diseases, it is found that subjects with diseases which have no effect on exercising prefer decorating outside the house more than those with diseases affecting their abilities to exercise with a significance level of .05. Those without chronic diseases prefer speed walking, rhythmic activities, and cycling more than those with chronic diseases with a significance level of .05. No differences were found in other activities. For cleaning inside the house, the researcher found an interaction between occupations and chronic diseases. It is found that retired government employees without chronic diseases prefer cleaning inside the house more than those with chronic diseases affecting their abilities to exercise with a significance level of .05. Business owners without chronic diseases prefer cleaning inside the house more than those with chronic diseases which have no effect on exercising with a significance level of .05 No differences were found in other pairs of subjects.

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2020-06-30

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Yiammit, C., & Srirach, C. (2020). EXERCISE BEHAVIOR OF THE ELDERLY CHANTABURI. Journal of Research and Development Institute Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, 7(1), 513–534. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rdirmu/article/view/234282

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