An Analysis of Sanitary-Environmental Condition of Sport Facilities and Its Relationship with Participation in Physical Activities in Citizens of Khorasan Provinces

The aim of this study was to analyze sanitary-environmental condition of sport facilities and its relationship with participation in physical activities in citizens of Khorasan provinces. This study was descriptive-correlation and data were collected as a field. The population included all sport facilities in Khorasan provinces (552 facilities). 90 facilities (Khorasan Razavi 40, South Khorasan 29 and North Khorasan 21) were selected as the sample by cluster sampling method. Two researcher-made questionnaires and two forms were used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaires was approved by some university professors and the reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α1=0.95, α2=0.96). Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (t and f tests and Pearson correlation coefficient) with the SPSS20 software. The results showed that the awareness of managers, coaches and users was desirable. There was a direct and significant relationship between sanitary and environmental condition of sport facilities and citizens’ participation (P≤0.05, r=0.831) and (P≤0.05, r=0.873). There was no significant relationship between sanitary and environmental awareness and interest and citizens’ participation in physical activities (P=0.75, r=0.034) and (P=0.46, r=0.078). There was no significant relationship between gender and level of citizens’ participation in physical activities (P=0.32, r=0.0301). It can be stated that sanitary and environmental issues are important to encourage citizens to exercise and to employ sports facilities and require more attention of authorities and planners.