ผลการเข้าร่วมกิจกรรมนันทนาการที่มีต่อการส่งเสริมคุณภาพชีวิตในผู้สูงอายุ / มนัญญา เอี่ยมบุตร = Effect of recreational activities participation on the improvement on the quality of life in the elderly / Mananya Eambute
The purposes of this study aimed to investigate and compare the effect of recreational activities participation on the improvement of the quality of life in the elderly of the experimental group 1, the experimental group 2 and the control group. The samples were 45 elderly aged between 60-70 years old who were memberships of the elderly club in the municipality of Bang Srimuang, Nonthaburi. The subjects were examined by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) which was applied by the National Department of Mental Health to measure the physical domain, psychological domain,social relationships and environment. Then the subjects were divided into 3 groups by using match group method : the experimental group 1 consisted of 15 elderly who participated in hobby and physical activity ; the experimental group 2 consisted of 15 elderly who participated in music , singing and dance ,and the control group which was also consisted of 15 elderly. The experimental groups were assigned to participate in the specific group for 90 minutes, 3 times a week , for 8 weeks. Evaluation of the quality of life of all groups were measured after the 4th week and 8th week of the experiment. Data were then analyzed in term of means and standard deviation, one-way analysis of covariance, two-way analysis of variance with repeated measure and multiple comparisons by using the Least Significant Difference (LSD) to determine the results with significant difference at the level .05. The results were as follow : 1. The comparison of the quality of life after participating in the recreational activities between the experimental group 1 and the experimental group 2 after the 4th week and the 8th week were significant differences at .05 level. 2. The comparison of the quality of life after participating in the recreational activities showed that both experimental groups were significantly better than the control group after the 8th week group at .05 level.In conclusion, this study showed that participating in the recreational activities enhanced quality of life in the elderly people toward the holistic health in physical domain, mental domain, social relationships and environmental.
