جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Physical Activities » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

Happiness and vitality are among the essential spiritual and psychological needs of human beings. The main purpose of this study was to present a model of participation in sports activities with the level of social vitality and the moderating role of awareness based on the theory of planned behavior.

In terms of methodology, the presnt study was a descriptive correlational study which adopted survey method for data collection. The present study’s population consisted of 120,000 males and females who participanted in group and individual sports activities and introduced by Municipality of Isfahan. A total of 384 participants including 247 females with an average age of 42±14.1 and 137 males with an average age of 46±10.66 were selected through stratified random sampling as our final sample. In order to collect data, the questionnaires of Oxford Argil Happiness (OHI) (2001) and Planned Behavior of Karimi et al. (2012) were used. Correlation coefficient, regression and structural equations were conducted through using SPSS and Amos softwares version 22 for data analysis.

The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between willingness to do work and planned behavior of participation in sports activities, planned behavior of participation in sports activities and social vitality (p ≤0.05).

It can be concluded hat by informing people of the beneficial effects of sports, it is possible to plan to establish people's participatory behavior in sports activities and consequently to to promote and maintain social happiness and vitality of people.

Public health is one of the essential mental and psychological needs of human beings. The main purpose of this study was to present a model of participation in sports activities with the general health level and the moderating role of awareness based on the theory of planned behavior.

This was a descriptive-correlational study and survey in terms of data collection method. The study population consisted of 120000 participants in group and individual sports activities of Isfahan Municipality, Iran. A total of 384 samples (247 women and 137 men with an age average of 42 ± 14.1 and 46 ± 10.66 years old, respectively) were selected by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Planned Behavior of Karimi et al. were used for data analysis. The data obtained were analyzed using correlation coefficient, regression, and structural equations in SPSS software version 22 and AMOS software.

The results showed that there was a significantly positive relationship between willingness to do work and planned behavior of participation in sports activities, planned behavior of participation in sports activities, and general health (P ≤ 0.05).

As a result, it can be acknowledged that by informing people about the beneficial effects of sports, we can plan to stabilize their participatory behavior in sports activities in order to promote and maintain public health.

Exercise and physical activity play a vital role in the general health of society, especially veterans and the disabled. Throughout human history, coping with a disability has taken numerous forms and has been more humane and discriminatory. The presence of individuals with disabilities in sports activities plays a significant role in their lives. In Iran, numerous veterans and disabled are reluctant to participate in sports activities. The issue of veterans and the disabled not attempting to participate in sports is not a very new title; however, it has not been comprehensively reviewed. This study aimed to investigate the reasons for the lack of participation of the disabled and veterans in sports activities.

The present qualitative study was conducted using data–based theory by Strauss and Corbin (year to be written). Accordingly, the interviewees' views on the barriers to the presence of veterans and disabled groups in sports activities were identified. The study participants were 30 disabled and veteran subjects with a mean±SD age of 51.4±2.19 years who were purposively selected for in–depth and exploratory 45–60–minute interviews. Data collection continued until theoretical saturation was reached (25 interviews). According to the qualitative research literature, the interviews were analyzed and coded concurrently. The units of analysis were reviewed several times and classified according to conceptual similarity and meaning. The declining trend in data reduction took place in all units of study and sub–main and main classes; the number of conceptual units became less.Furthermore, the sub–main and sub–classes became more abstract and conceptual. Thus, the data were divided into main factors, including general, conceptual, and abstract. Various methods were applied to evaluate the accuracy and robustness of the research, as follows: Reviewing observers, including manuscripts, analysis unit, and extracted themes using supplementary comments from experts and participants. Corrections were made, and suggestions were made. Notably, sharing opinions about similar codes and classes is crucial for data accuracy in content analysis. The continuous engagement was observed in simultaneous data analysis and feedback to research and allocating sufficient time.

The study participants included 7 women and 23 men (9 experts, 12 managers, 4 veterans & disabled, & 5 professors). The reluctance of veterans and disabled subjects to participate in sports activities with 6 main factors and 21 sub–factors in 6 dimensions of paradigm model, including causal factors (individual, social, economic, managerial, & psychological), pivotal phenomenon (veteran and disabled and sports activities, underlying factors (veterans & disabled, lacking education & research), interventional factors (defects to using a dysfunctional manager, legal gaps & structural barriers), facilitating factors (developing human resources & potential capacities of veterans & disabled), strategies, economic, individual strategies management, and psychology and outcomes (veterans & disabled, social growth & organizational success) and pivotal phenomenon (absence of veterans & the disabled in sports activities) were identified.

According to the obtained findings, the identification of managerial, social, economic, psychological, and personal factors and barriers can be used as a guiding and facilitating shortcut for the active participation and presence of veterans and the disabled in sports activities.

Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune and chronic blistering mucocutaneous disease that has a negative effect on patients quality of life and also leisure sports activities are useful and uncomplicated method to improve the quality of life of both patients and healthy people as we have seen in relevant litertures. We wanted to investigate whether leisure time physical activities are effetive on quality of life and clinical symptoms of pemphigus vulgaris patients.

Present study is a randomised clinical trial and 76 patients with pemphigus vulgaris were included in the study and were randomly divided into two equal control and intervention groups. DLQI questionnaires, medical and personal demographic information were recorded by patients and PDAI index was recorded by a dermatologist at both before and after the intervention. The intervention included leisure sports activities such as walking in the park for 60 minutes for 8 weeks, three sessions per week and one day in between. Independent t-test was used to compare two quantitative samples and paired t-test was used to compare two dependent quantitative samples and their nonparametric equivalents test were used. All statistical analyzes were performed by SPSS software version 25.

Leisure sports activities improved the quality of life of patients in the intervention group compared to the control group after 8 weeks. (P-value = 0.045, 2.97 ± 5.2 vs 6.45 ± 7.5) But no significant difference was observed between the two groups in the PDAI clinical symptom severity index.

Leisure sports activities can be recommended as a useful and uncomplicated method to improve the quality of life of patients with pemphigus vulgaris, although it has no effect on the improvement of clinical symptoms in two mounths comparing between intervention group and control group. (P-value = 0.066, 1.89 ± 4.97 vs 4 ± 6) of course comparing each group to itself during the time of intervention both clinical symptoms and qulity of life are significantly improved (P-value<0.001) (P-value=0.004) resepectively.

The widespread prevalence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world has raised concerns about physical activity and exercise. Patients with COVID-19 are 22% percent more likely to have heart damage than other people with infectious diseases. Due to the cardiovascular complications seen in patients, there are limitations for athletes due to the severity of the disease. Despite doubts about the outcomes of COVID 19 disease, there is a lot of insist on athletes to continue sports matches, including football, due to economic and competitive factor. The main aim of this study was to explain about the time when athletes with Covid-19 and cardiovascular approach return to sports activities.

Motor competency refers to ability of children to perform wide range of fine and gross motor activities. Children with low motor competency, might mostly face to many unsuccessful situation and may experience and develop a lots of problems in their life. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of some selected factors including age, birth order, social status and contribution in outdoor physical activity program on motor competency of 7–10 years old children using movement assessment battery for children–second edition (MABC2) which is a one of the most valid assessment tools for assessing motor competency. 

Five hundred and three (girls=244, boys=259) 7–10 years old children from the Arak city (Markazi province, Center of Iran) were participated in this cross sectional study. Inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study were as follow; lack of any developmental, neurological and learning difficulties, which may impair their typical performances. In addition, children without demographic data were excluded from the data set. Asked from parents to fill out the demographic questionnaire (data including; age, gender, level of parents` education, birth order and sibling and level of outdoor physical activities of children). In addition, written consent of parents was obtained. After collecting demographic data, testing started. Three well experienced examiners in the field of children` motor skills performed testing. All the requirement of testing instructions based on MABC2 manual was observed. Children, having trouser and shoes, were tested individually with MABC2 in a quiet room. When testing completed, we analyzed the data. Ojari et al. (2018) reported psychometric properties of MABC2 that the properties are acceptable in Iran. The proposed 3 factors structure was confirmed and intra and interrater reliability were (0.93–0.99) and (0.45 – 0.85) respectively. Descriptive statistic as well as multivariate analysis of variance (one–way MANOVA) were used to analyzing the data. Significant level was set at 0.05 and all analysis was carried out using SPSS 21 for Windows (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).

multivariate ANOVA showed there was statistically significant differences of factors age (F=7.16, p<0.001) and birth order (F=2.621, p<0.001), however, no statistically differences were found for the outdoor physical activity (F=1.487, p=0.218) and social status (F=1.74, p=0.158). The effect size of age and birth order were 0.14 and 0.016 respectively, which indicate large and negligible importance. When age increased, performance of children improved dramatically so that in most tasks 9 and 10 years old children were superior to younger children. The result of multivariate analysis also showed that statistical differences in birth order factor was only because of differences in manual dexterity sub–component. 

Age is considered as an important and effective factor on children` motor competency. MABC2 is able to differentiate age group very well. Improved coordination and performance during childhood is due to integration of sensory–motor systems. Of other factors, only the birth order showed a statistically differences, however, that was not large enough to be considered practically important. This study should be duplicated by another similar tools assessment to find out whether lack of non–statistical differences is attributed to poor influence of related factors or poor differentiate ability of MABC2.

The success of establishing regular physical activity lies in the way these activities are built into a person's daily life. This study was designed to explore the causal conditions of adolescent girl's tendency toward physical activities.

A qualitative study was conducted by means of semi-structured interviews with 25 participants (16 adolescents, 7 mothers, and 2 fathers). The interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.

The theme of "the pursuit of excellence" with subthemes of "the need for physical health, psychological health, foresight, progress seeking, and desire for superiority and fitness" emerged as causal conditions of adolescent girl's tendency toward physical activities.

In the present study, adolescent girls seeking progress and excellence turned to physical activities. Through a better understanding of the casual conditions of adolescent girl's tendency toward physical activities, we can provide the appropriate context for the formation of exercising habit, and as a result, human health promotion.