PSYCHOPHYSICAL HEALTH, RECREATIONAL PARTICIPATION AND PERCEIVED BARRIERS TO LEISURE-TIME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG WIDOWS: EVIDENCE FROM THE CITY OF BAHAWALPUR, PAKISTAN

Asif Ali, M. Azam, Nisar Ahmed Khaskheli
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Participation in recreation and physical activity is crucially important for better health and quality of life. No study, as per our knowledge, has explored information on health status and recreational preference in widows in Pakistan yet. Identification of these facts may help health professionals and recreational planners to plan and execute adequate interventions that may modify recreational behaviors to foster effective participation in active recreation. This may further contribute to the better health and well-being of widows in Pakistan. One hundred and forty widows voluntarily participated that were recruited from 10 union councils of Bahawalpur City of Southern Punjab region, Pakistan. The participant completed a questionnaire during a face-to-face interview with investigators. The analysis yielded that the health status of widows in this region was worse to some extent. Diseases including depression, backache, headache, blood pressure, and pain in the legs were found among our sample, although at a moderate level. It was found that keep staying at home, followed by engagement in religious activities and sleeping were the most important preferential use of leisure time. Moreover, the expensiveness of facilities for physical activities followed by lack of physical activity places and lack of parks for women found to be the predominant barriers in participation in leisure-time physical activities. The study concluded that perceptions regarding barriers to leisure-time physical activity might contribute to inactive recreational preferences that further contributed to worse health outcomes in widows.
丧偶妇女的身心健康、娱乐参与和对闲暇时间体育活动的感知障碍:来自巴基斯坦巴哈瓦尔布尔市的证据
参加娱乐和体育活动对改善健康和生活质量至关重要。据我们所知,尚未有研究探讨巴基斯坦寡妇的健康状况和娱乐偏好。识别这些事实可能有助于健康专业人员和娱乐计划人员计划和执行适当的干预措施,这些干预措施可能会改变娱乐行为,以促进积极娱乐的有效参与。这可能进一步有助于改善巴基斯坦寡妇的健康和福祉。140名寡妇自愿参加,她们是从巴基斯坦旁遮普省南部巴哈瓦尔布尔市的10个联邦委员会中招募的。参与者在与调查人员的面对面访谈中完成了一份问卷。分析表明,该地区丧偶妇女的健康状况在一定程度上较差。在我们的样本中发现了包括抑郁症、背痛、头痛、血压和腿痛在内的疾病,尽管程度适中。调查发现,待在家里、参加宗教活动和睡觉是最重要的休闲方式。此外,体育活动设施昂贵,其次是缺乏体育活动场所和妇女缺乏公园,这是妇女参加业余体育活动的主要障碍。该研究的结论是,对闲暇时间体育活动障碍的看法可能会导致寡妇对不活跃的娱乐偏好,从而进一步导致更糟糕的健康结果。
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