Ura Chiaki, Taga Tsutomu, Yamazaki Sachiko, Yatomi Naomi
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 2011;48(4):345-51. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.48.345.
The purpose of the present study was to identify the influence of information resources and interpersonal networks on motivation to start exercise among elderly people living in an urban area.
The subjects were 235 elderly people living in an urban area who previously had no exercise habits. We examined their motivation to start exercise as potentially influenced by frequency of interpersonal communication, presence of friends and other persons who invite them to participate in health-promoting activities, having someone to invite to such activities, and the use of information resources. To identify the factors which influence the motivation to start exercise among subjects who did not previously have exercise habits, we used binomial logistic regression.
A major factor which influenced the motivation to start exercise was the presence of people who invite subjects to participate in health-promoting activities. This result showed that being invited to health-promoting activities encouraged elderly people to start exercising. Of the covariates, only age negatively influenced the intention to start exercise. The same result was also seen in a subgroup comparative analysis of groups of young and old adults.
Being invited to participate in active pursuits was useful to encourage elderly people to start exercise, indicating that intervention at an earlier age would be beneficial.
本研究旨在确定信息资源和人际网络对城市地区老年人开始锻炼动机的影响。
研究对象为235名居住在城市地区且此前无锻炼习惯的老年人。我们考察了他们开始锻炼的动机，这些动机可能受到人际沟通频率、有邀请他们参加健康促进活动的朋友及其他人、有可邀请参加此类活动的对象以及信息资源使用情况的影响。为确定影响此前无锻炼习惯的研究对象开始锻炼动机的因素，我们采用了二项逻辑回归分析。
影响开始锻炼动机的一个主要因素是有邀请研究对象参加健康促进活动的人。这一结果表明，被邀请参加健康促进活动会促使老年人开始锻炼。在协变量中，只有年龄对开始锻炼的意愿有负面影响。在年轻人和老年人组的亚组比较分析中也得到了相同结果。
被邀请参与积极活动有助于促使老年人开始锻炼，这表明在较早年龄进行干预会有益处。
