團體有氧運動對中老年人生理心理指標的影響

The Effects of Group Aerobic Exercise on Psychophysiological Parameters in Midlife and Elderly People

本研究採類實驗研究設計，單組前後測方式探討連續3週每週三次，每次20分鐘的團體有氧運動對門診候診之中老年人生理心理健康的影響。以立意取樣樣本數為30位平均年齡61.97(標準差=8.24)的50歲以上中老年的自願參與研究者。資料的收集包含一次前測，以及三次後測，每次測量間隔一週，以收集個案的生理心理指標包含身體柔軟度、心肺功能、平衡能力、憂鬱狀態和生活滿意度。以重覆量數共變數分析探討在控制干擾因子，包含各項生心指標的前測值、自覺健康狀態、年齡、以及運動習慣之後的身心影響。研究結果顯示團體有氧運動對生活滿意度達統計上的顯著差異外(F=11.69，p<.01)，但對其它各項生理監測指標均未達顯著差異。此研究結果可作為醫院應用團體運動於門診候診中老年人之推廣參考。The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of group aerobic exercise program over a 3-week period on psychophysiological parameters among the midlife and elderly people. A repeated measure quasi-experimental design was employed. The study took place in a hospital's OPD. Purposive sampling was used, 30 participants aged 50 years or over were selected. The average age was 61.79 (SD = 8.24). Participants received a 20 minutes group aerobic exercise 3 times a week for 3 consecutive weeks. Participants were evaluated for psychopyisiological parameters including flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, balance, depression, and life satisfaction. While controlling for pretreatment scores and baseline scores on self-rated health status, age, exercise habit, hypotheses were tested using repeated measures of ANCOVA. Findings were that subjects had significantly better life satisfaction over the three posttests, (F = 11.69, p < .01), but other parameters were not significant. The findings provide evidence for health caregivers to use aerobic exercise as an empirical-based intervention for life satisfaction in older adults.