| Purpose :To understand the impact of exercise frequency (per week of the elderly) on medical inspection frequency and quality of life. Method: Conduct an investigation through questionnaire survey method, aiming at people over 65. Descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data including 898 valid questionnaires. Result: 1. Elderly whose exercise more than 5 days a week get higher score in Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS),and the inspection frequency was low. 2. The significant differences on medical inspection frequency exist in variables such as exercise frequency, gender, age, hospitalized or not , suffer from chronic diseases or not , and work or not. 3.The medical inspection frequency show sudden deterioration after the age of 75, which means that the age of 75 is a key age point. Conclusion: Elders whose exercise more than 3 days a week only perform better in MCS. However, if the number of days of doing exercise reaches 5 days a week, it will get better scores in not only MCS and PCS, but also reduce the number of medical inspection frequency. We suggest the elderly people should exercise more than five days a week to reduce the medical visits, and enhance the quality of life. |
