Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Dept. of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Dept. of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Dept. of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
10.22126/jap.2023.9120.1705
Abstract
Depression and heart-focused anxiety (HFA) are of the most common disorders in aging. Physical activity appears to be one of the most effective ways to reduce depression and HFA. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare the level of depression and HFA in the elderly participating and not participating in sport for all. It was a causal-comparative study. The statistical population included all elderly residents of Bandar Abbas, Iran, of whom 400 were selected based on convenience sampling along whit the inclusion criteria, and were assigned into two groups of participants and non-participants in sport for all. 200 people (100 women and 100 men) of elderly people over 60 years participating in public sports and 200 people (100 women and 100 men) who had not any sports activities were selected. Active people must had regularly participated in public sports for at least one year. All the participants answered the elderly Yesavage’s depression and the Eifert’s HFA questionnaires. Independent t test was used to analyze the data in SPSS-22 software. Results indicated that 84% of people participating in public sports do not have depression, but 12% have mild depression and 4% have severe depression. On the other hand, only 28% of the elderly who were inactive were not depressed, while 52% of them had mild depression, 12% had mild depression, and 6% had severe depression. Although the level of HFA was higher in inactive elderly compared to active elderly, this level of difference was not statistically significant. Public sports reduce the level of depression among the elderly, so it is recommended that the elderly do public sports to reduce the level of depression.
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