Effects of Spa on Depression Mood and the Quality of Life: A Case Study of Spa Consumers in Tainan Area, Taiwan

碩士 === 立德管理學院 === 休閒管理研究所 === 94 === This study investigates the effects of spa treatment on the depression mood and quality of life of the consumers in Tainan, Taiwan. Horizontal type research was selected for this work. Questionnaire surveys in this study usually involve: *Consumers characteristic...

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Main Authors: Kao-Yang Liu, 劉誥洋
Other Authors: none
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93427077614345070635
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Summary:碩士 === 立德管理學院 === 休閒管理研究所 === 94 === This study investigates the effects of spa treatment on the depression mood and quality of life of the consumers in Tainan, Taiwan. Horizontal type research was selected for this work. Questionnaire surveys in this study usually involve: *Consumers characteristics,*Expenditure of spa per consumer, *Quantitative involving psychologically, *Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire (TDQ), *WHOQOL-BREF (Taiwan edition). Results show: (1) Low tendency of depression mood (male 2.8%,female7.6%) for Tainan consumers when comparing to national standard (male 6.9%,female 8.9%) (2) Most spa consumers have admirable living conditions and can be classified in middle class, of which are expressed as “Social relationship category, M=14.52, SD=2.17; Psychological category, M=14.48, SD=2.01; Environmental category, M=14.20, SD=1.79 and Physiological healthy category, M=14.19, SD=2.05. (3) Due to the less depression mood for ones from frequent spa consuming, it seems happy, lower working pressure and joyful mood for them. (4) Psychologically, one with big involvement in spa consuming leads to highly enjoyable in spa treatment and reduced depression mood. (5) The longer–term spa consuming makes one more merry living and lower the depression mood to some extent. The mood depression data derived from Tainan spa consumers showed that the most bodily of the senses, recognition and more specifically physical therapy remained virtually explored in the sociological, psychological, less money expending study of consumers, notwithstanding their obvious centrality in their experience.