Alvarez-Lourido Diego, Paniza Prados José Luis, Álvarez-Sousa Antonio
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Apr 27;11(9):1247. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11091247.
The goal of this article is to analyse leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and health-driven motivations to engage in such activity among elderly people in the European Union. We use as a base the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the theory of the correlation between physical activity according to individual factors (age, gender, socio-economic status) and contextual factors (habitat, community infrastructures, the model of the welfare state of the country of residence). Data are taken from Eurobarometer 88.4. The Generalized Structural Equation Model (GSEM) methodology was used, with the STATA program. The results show that 65.3% of EU citizens over the age of 60 engage in some form of LTPA, that 40.4% do so for health reasons, and that only 32.3% engage in LTPA that meets the minimum guidelines set by the WHO. In addition, there are large differences based on individual and contextual characteristics. The following group was found to be those who practice the most: men, with high socio-economic status, belonging to the middle and upper social classes, living in rural areas where there is infrastructure for physical activity, and above all, in the countries of the Nordic model of social welfare.
本文的目的是分析欧盟老年人的休闲时间体育活动（LTPA）以及参与此类活动的健康驱动动机。我们以世界卫生组织（WHO）的建议以及根据个体因素（年龄、性别、社会经济地位）和背景因素（居住环境、社区基础设施、居住国的福利国家模式）进行体育活动之间的相关性理论为基础。数据取自欧洲晴雨表88.4。使用STATA程序采用广义结构方程模型（GSEM）方法。结果表明，60岁以上的欧盟公民中有65.3%参与某种形式的LTPA，40.4%出于健康原因参与，只有32.3%参与的LTPA符合WHO设定的最低指导方针。此外，基于个体和背景特征存在很大差异。发现以下人群参与度最高：男性，社会经济地位高，属于中上层社会阶层，居住在有体育活动基础设施的农村地区，最重要的是，居住在北欧社会福利模式国家。
