EFFECTS OF A HOME EXERCISE PROGRAM THAT AFFECTS PHYSICAL FITNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY AFTER THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
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This was Quasi-Experimental Research. It aimed to compare effects of home exercise program affecting physical fitness and quality of life of the elderly after the COVID-19 outbreak before and after 8-week training of the elderly in Phetchabun Municipality, Phetchabun Province. The samples were 30 people aged 66.65 ± 2.13 divided into experimental group and control group which consisted of 15 people per each group. There was 8-week training. The research tools were home exercise program, the elderly’s quality of life level, own exercise ability perception and home exercise behaviors record form. For before and after 8-week training, data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics and independent t-test was used for analyzing the comparison of experimental results. The statistical significance was p<0.05. The findings were as following:
- For the elderly’s physical fitness after 8-week training, the experimental group had higher arm muscle endurance, leg muscle endurance, lower back hip, lower back leg muscle and shoulder flexibility, and moving balance ability than the control group with statistical significance as p<0.05.
- For elderly’s quality of life, the experimental group after 8-week training had quality of life level in social relation area at good level and in environment area at moderate level with no statistical significance. Besides, in physical area and mental area had quality of life at moderate and good level respectively which were increasing than the control group with statistical significance as p<0.05.
- For 8-week training, the experimental group had higher average of own exercise ability perception than before the experiment with statistical significance as p<0.05.
- For home exercise behaviors by ones’ selves after 8-week training, the experimental group had higher average of home exercise behaviors by ones’ selves than the control group with statistical significance as p<0.05.
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