Prerequisites, Strategies and Consequences of Healthy Lifestyle with Emphasis on Elderly Sports Activity: A Phenomenological Study

The aim of this study was to identify the precursors, strategies and consequences of a healthy lifestyle with emphasis on sports activity of the elderly based on data theory.

The present study is applied research in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of data search and based on data theory and in terms of data analysis method is exploratory in which data collection is field Done. The statistical population of the study included all scientific and experimental experts with research and work experience in the field of the elderly. The statistical sample was selected as a snowball, which ultimately led to the theoretical saturation of the data with 15 interviews, which was considered as the final sample. Data collection was done through semi-structured and exploratory interviews with experts. Foundation data analysis method (Strauss and Corbin) was used for data analysis.

The findings showed that the concepts obtained from coding signs in the category of predecessors include 14 items in three categories of concepts of personal, organizational and socio-cultural factors, in the category of strategies including 14 items in two categories of hardware and software strategies. Concepts about future consequences including 18 cases were divided into three categories of individual, social and organizational consequences.

The country’s sports managers can use the obtained model to institutionalize a healthy lifestyle with emphasis on sports activities for the elderly.