Analysis of the Relationship between Leisure Activity Participation and Health: An Example to the Elderly in Educational Organizations.

• Main Authors: LAI, HSIU-HUA, 賴秀花
• Other Authors: Chienho Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5vh7gs

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 健康事業管理研究所 === 102 === With the development of economy and medicine, the average life expectancy and the population of senior citizens soar continuously in Taiwan. For healthy aging and better life quality, the elderly seek for the physical, mental and spiritual harmony through more leisure activities. This study was carried at to explore the current status of seniors’ leisure participation, to examine their physical, mental, and spiritual heath, and to offer suggestions about senior well-being to governments. 377 senior citizens completed three questionnaires: Leisure Participation Measurement Scale, SF-12 Health Survey, and Spiritual Health Scale, and descriptive statistics and structural equation models were conducted to perform the analysis. The results of this study were that mental, physical, and spiritual activities affected mental health positively and directly, then physical and spiritual health indirectly.