World Applied Programming, Vol (3), Issue (10), October 2013.

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ISSN: 2222-2510
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Contrasting Quality of Life with Health among Active and

Inactive Older Adults of Islamabad Gharb Town
Mehdi Bigzadeh

Yosef Parhodeh

Mohamad Ali Nodahi

Department of physical education,

Eslamabad-E-Gharb Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Iran.

Islamic Azad University,Gilan-Egharb branch, Gilan-Egharb,Kermanshah,Iran.

Eslamabad-E-Gharb Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Iran.

Abstract: Aim: the aim of this research is contrasting quality of life with health among active and inactive older
adults of Islamabad.
The method of examination: the older adults up 60 age of Islamabad town are statistical society or community
of this research that among them, the 200 persons are elected incidentally (100 persons active group and 100
persons inactive group). For analyzing statistical data, the results of this research are represented in two level of
statistical descriptive and deduction. For descriptive analyzing in first phase, we use abundance tables, percent,
mean and also columns graphs to describe statistical examples. For deduction analyzing of data, we use T-test
of independent groups, the do, umen vitnis test and kroksal valisos test according to theories of research and
measures that it is used. Significant level p<%5 is contemplated and all of statistical actions are done by SPSS
software.
Findings: the results of these examinations indicate that active older adults prosper fewer restriction physical
activity, body disorders, psychological disorders and aching p<%5 meaning fully inactive older adults actively
and inactively did not observe significant difference from a social function pant p<%5. Inman and woman older
adults did not observe significant difference in other criterions of quality of life except in body aching. Thus, the
rate of body aching in women was more than the mans.
Concluding: According to finding of this research, we conclude, older adults that they participate in exercise
program and physical activities, regularly, in comparison with older adults are in active from bodily, they
prosper better or upper quality of life.
Keywords: older adults, physical activity, quality of life
I.

INTRODUCTION

The adult aged is important or sensitive period from life of man. Pay attention to problems and needs of this period of
life is social need. With contemplate especial needs of this period, pay attention to behaviors that they promote health
and quality of life in older adults is very important that it is regretted. Nowadays, almost more than 31 countries in
world, every one have more 2 million older adults up 60 age that this country are increasing.
According to decreasing rate of birth and increasing long life, proportion of population in fran is increasing rapidly. Thy
older adults allocate themselves about 60 percent prices of health care, 35 percent of hospital releasing and 40 percent of
bedriden days. According to rapid increasing the number of older adults and because of decreasing mortality relation to
development of sciences of medicine and health hygiene, subject of health and supplying rest and welfare is expanded
everyday in society.
The problem of adults aged is searching with increasing hope to life and considering to quality of life in adult aged
periods. In this research, increasing population of adult aged and quality of life are considered. Thus, the examination in
fran indicate that only one percent approved laws of country is about of older adults that it include%16 economical, %22
social, %16welfare and health hygiene. Attentions in small share indicate that the quality of life is not considered.
Nowadays the meaning of quality life is index of health so that it comprise several dimensions such as physiological and
functional and presence aspects f individual.

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Considering to it is too important many definitions are presented about of quality of life the group quality life hygiene
world organization: quality of life in relation to health definite persons imaginations about of condition of this life
according to culture and value system that they live in it and relation of these imaginations with aim expects and indicial
preference. The category of quality of life in different group especially persons that they have especial psychological
mental and body condition is too important. The adult aged is important or sensitive periods from life of man. Pay
attention to problems and needs of these periods of life is social need. With contemplate to especial needs of these
periods. Pay attention to behaviors that they promote health and quality of life in older adults is very important that it is
regretted. The one of most effective methods to prevent disorders in adult aged is exercising. Sport or exercise delay the
periods of adult aged, the older adults they exercise they prosper more joy and health.
According to statistics of part of health hygience and man services of American in 1996 more 0/060 Americans have not
regular physical activity and 0/025 of them never exercise also. The result of woods research indicate that only 0/37/2
korion older adults exercise regularly. The lack of health and revealing chronic illness accompany with increasing of age
cause to restrict t activities of older adults. And usually from retired age and after that 1/4 people are not able to do their
activities and 0/010 of them also completely are dependent and paralytic. With increasing of age. The disorder of body
function is increase and its effect over ability of keeping independent and need to helping is increase and this is effective
in decreasing quality of life of older adults.
Several researches examine the relation and effect of sporting activity over psychological health and especially negative
effects or excitement but in the most of the researches the indexes of psychological health is restricted to negative affects
or excitement ( such as stress and psychological) and that examine positive effects or excitement such as joy and welfare
lesser in addition to the most of these researches in the field of older adults examine different aspects of life group in
relation with different diseases and the few of these researches examine the effect of exercise and physical activities over
different factors of mental and psychological older adults that they are safe.
Although, the quality of life is the one of the aims to expand in older adults, but, there is doubt in this field that whether
or whether not exercise and physical activities can promote quality of life of adult aged that they are health bodily and
does not suffer from especial disease?
For example, in research that it is done by Bart and his colleagues in 2002, it is not reported significant relation between
aerobic and resistance and quality of life. The past research indicate that the most of them emphasis the positive and
effective role of the exercise and physical activity increasing of diseases sing and the level of psychological health and
the quality of life of diseases but it necessary to do research about the safe alder adults and the lacking of especial
diseases that they pass routine life.
The category of quality of life is examined between active and inactive older adults. According to this, the research is not
done in this field in Islamabad town. The researcher wants to examine carefully quality of life in relation with health
among active and inactive older adults of Islamabad.
II.

THE METHOD OF RESEARCH

This research is measurement descriptive that is done by questionnaire the statistical community of this research is the
older adults up go age in Islamabad that among them. 200 persons are elected as examples of research. (100persons
between active older adults) (50 woman and 20 man) and 100 persons among inactive older adults (50 women and 50
men). They complete questionnaire by guidance of research and his colleages.
The method of election active tests in this matter is in this matter that researcher refer pool and sports sports places and
then he interview with older adults to sesstion in week and then elect the older adults that they want to do sport activities.
Then he explains about the aims of plan and the method of questionnaire complement. The he give them the copy of
questionnaire.

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The inactive tests of this research are elected among older adults in places such as parks and retired society of town that
they dont any sporting physical activity during a week and they want to cooperate.
For statistical analysis of data, the results of this research are represented in two level of statistical descriptive and
deduction. In first phase, for descriptive analysis, we use abundance tables, percent mean and also columns graphs to
descripe statistical examples. For deduction analysis of data. We use t-test of independent group, khedo, umen vitnis test
and kroksal valis3 test according to theories of research and meatures that it is used.
Significant level p<%5 contemplated and all of satatistical actions are done by spss-18 soft war.
III.

FINDINGS

The statistical indexes about individual chorocteristics of tests of research are indicated in table 1
Table 1. The statistical indexes about of characteristics individual of tests.
Weight(kilogram)
Weight(kilogram)
Weight(kilogram)
Weight(kilogram)

height(centimeter)
height (centimeter)
height (centimeter)
height (centimeter)

Age(year)
Age(year)
Age(year)
Age(year)

number
number
number
number

Significant difference statistically

According to information, f this research that it is indicated in table, the mean of weight of tests of active man was e 8/40
e 5/45 and the mean of weight of tests of inactive man was 44/54 e 6/24 that the observed difference was significant
statistically. Also, the mean of weight of tests of active woman was 54/60 e 6/20 and the mean of weight of test of
inactive woman was 70/5e.5/54 that thieves significant difference between active and inactive group statistically.
The results of this research about of indexes of quality of life two active and inactive tests group are indicated in graph 1.

Graph 4.1. The indent the quality of life in active and inactive older adults.

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According to findings of this research about of categories of quality of life that it is indicated in graph 1,it is observed
that in active tests, the restrictions of physical activity ( p=0/04) is following:
Body disorders (p=0/017), psychological disorders (p=0/035) and aching (p=0/01) is less than inactive tests significantly.
Also, active tests prospered more energy and joy (p=./012), psychological health (p=./008) and common health (p=./020)
in comparison with inactive tests.
According to findings of tests from social function point of view, there is not significant difference between active and
inactive groups. The result of this research about of indexes of quality of life two groups of woman and man. Tests
indicated in graph2. According to finding of this research about categories of quality life that it is indicated in graph 2. It
is observed that there is not significant difference between men group and woman groups in all of categories of quality of
life, except in category of body aching so that the rate of feeling of body aching is women is more than the
mans.(p=0/015)

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IV.

DISCUSSION AND EXAMINATION

According to results of this research distinguished the older adults are active physically and there was regular physical
activity in comparison with inactive older adults. They prosper 5 upper qualities of life. One of the advantages of
physical activity is its effect over healthy and body health of individual.
According to these findings, the active older adults prosper upper body health in comparison with inactive older adults
and the vestiviction of physical activity is lesser also. In result or thus the body disorders of active fests is sigifically
lesser in comparison with inactive tests.
The result of this research about body disorders that it is the one of the categories quality of life that is not equal to
results of others researches in this reaction, Hossian Poor Dehkardi and his colleagues studies 60 persons of older adults
in research that is called the effect the exercise program over quality of life of older adults. The results of research
indicate that the present exercise program cause to promote body health and the quality of life of experimental group of
older adults.
The other research that examine the effect over the quality of life of individual also indicate that the active persons less
are suffers cardio pathy diseases, muscular illness, diabetes, concerns and pulmonary disorders and fatness. Thus, there is
significant relationship between physical activity and being affected of individual in to body disorders that is one of
category of quality of life. The finding of this research about of effect of physical activity over the theories of body
disorders is not equal results of research of Hamedinya and Golestani.

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This research examines the condition of quality life of active and inactive scientific group of university of Sabzevar.
Their findings indicate that active tests prosper body disorders in comparison with inactive tests. But this difference is
not significant, statistically the reason of this is being young and health of tests because with increasing of age. The rule
of exercise and physical activity is increased to supply body health, but the other findings of research point over positive
effect physical activity in decreasing body disorders of their tests.
In basis of finding this research distinguish that the active older prosper psychological health in comparison with inactive
older adults, the difference between two groups was significant statistically. The result of research about of the rule of
physical activity over category of psychological health is not equal to findings of other researchers such as Hossian Poor
Dehkordi, Hamidizadeh and colleagues. Vaeza Mossavi and colleagues. Brown and Coper and colleges but the result of
Hamidnyas research is equal to the result of colestanis research.
This researchers the reason of gaining of difference results with other researchers pro pound equal condition of tests such
as job environment, social class. Income and geographical environment because of the all of their tests are the numbers
of scientific group and probably, sport and physical activity should do with more intensity and capacity, that they are
able to effect over psychological health and psychological disorders of individuals, although the observed difference in
research is not significant, (cp=0/08). According to the finding of this research, active tests suffered less the restrictions
of physical activity cp=0/023 aching cp=0/000, the findings of this research is e qualato different researches suchas
hamidnya and golestani. Hossain Poor Dehkordi, Shabani Behar and Estevart and colleagues. So that exercise and
physical activity has positive effect over power. Muscular resistance cardiopathy resistance, ability of fixing, rapid,
agility and balance
The less restrictions of physical activity of active older adults is natural in comparison with inactive tests, in other land,
now a days, physicians recommend exercise physical activity to cure many disease. Also, active and athletes individuals
are safer inactive and in athletes individual. Thus the less feeling of aching of active tests is natural in comparison with
inactive tests. The active test prosper upper energy and joy and common health (p=./011) in comparison with inactive
tests. This finding is equal to results research of Hamedinya and Golestani, Hamedizadeh and colleagues and Brown and
colleagues. It is contemplate that the individual participate in physical activity regularly, they feel better. The creative
and physical activity is the essential source of joy. This joy feeling have biochemical and physiological basis.
One of the time of exercise and physical activity is promotion of social relations, exercise and physical activity,
especially when is doing in groups, it cause to promotion of friend ships and also increasing the rote of social relation
between persons. Different researches such as Hamedizadeh and colleagues, Shamsipoor and colleagues observed
significant relation between social functional and physical activity but in this research is not observed significant
different between active and inactive tests about of category of the function of quality of life the reason of this is the
essence of physical activity of tests. Thus according done examination it is observed that the most of active tests examine
exercise such as stretching motions, flexibility and walking in this research and probably they do this exercises
individually.
It is contemplate that the effect of exercise and physical activity over social function of individual when observed that
the exercise do in groups. This finding about the effect of physical activity over function of social quality is equal to
results of Hamedizadeh and colleagues, Shamsipoor and colleagues but is not equal to Hamedinya and Golestani
research.
However it is emphasized the rule of physical activity and positive effect over quality of life of individual in many
researches but there is few researches that according to their finding propend or introduce that the physical activity is not
effective over quality of life. As an example, researchers such as mans and chad. Mack ray and colleagues and Damosh
propound that the doing physical activity is not effective over quality of life of individual.
Among the reasons that may cause to not forming this researches with doing research in this field it can point the
difference between doing physical activity by their tests, the kind of measurement and research tests.

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