台南市不同性別準銀髮族年齡與體適能之相關性探討

Analyzing the Differences for Each Gender of Late-middle-aged Adults in Tainan City by Comparing the Correlations between Their Age and Physical Fitness

李昭憲(Chao-Hsien Lee) ； 王華娟(Hua-Chuan Wang) ； 陳欣宏(Shin-Hung Chen)

《高應科大體育》 8期 (2009/11) Pp. 1-9

https://doi.org/10.29889/KUASPE.200911.0001

摘要

本研究之目的在了解社區準銀髮族之年齡、肺活量與健康體適能間相關性關係，探討重點大致分為：（1）探討不同性別準銀髮族在肺活量與健康體適能表現之差異（2）整體準銀髮族於年齡、肺活量與健康體適能間相關性之描述、以及（3）分別考慮男女性別準銀髮族於年齡、肺活量與健康體適能間之相關性。在研究方法上，以台南市地區年齡介於55歲至64歲之社區準銀髮族為研究對象，採立意取樣方式進行調查與施測，總計收案資料共200人，其中男性銀髮族有92人且女性準銀髮族有108人。統計方法以t檢定與皮氏積差相關性分析進行資料統計分析檢定。研究結果發現男女準銀髮族在肺活量與健康體適能上的表現確實存在顯著差異，且男性準銀髮族的肺活量、在肌（耐）力與心肺功能表現較佳，女性準銀髮族則有柔軟度較佳之表現；然而，在分開分析不同性別族群時，結果發現男女準銀髮族年齡跟身體質量指數、屈膝仰臥起坐次數與心肺耐力指數呈現不同相關性結構，這更說明了兩種族群在健康體適能的相關性結構上確實有其異質性，是本研究另一項之重大發現。根據研究結果，本研究建議相關此類族群研究者，當以性別為分層因素，分開分析男女性準銀髮族在體適能之表現，以避免性別因素對研究結果之干擾，以利研究之效。

關鍵字

準銀髮族 ； 健康體適能 ； 肺活量

並列摘要

This study wanted to find and know the relationships between age and physical fitness in late-middle-aged adults. There were three important purposes in this research. Firstly, we would compare the vital capacity and health-related physical fitness of males with females', and show their descriptions in each gender populations. Secondly, for all populations, the relationships and correlations in their age, vital capacity, and health-related physical fitness would be explained and evaluated in this section. Thirdly, by dividing into each gender populations, the homogeneity between males and females would be tested and contrasted through the descriptions of relationships between their age and health-related physical fitness or vital capacity. However, we collected 200 late-middle-aged adults in Tainan city as study samples which were included 92 males and 108 females. The statistical methods for analyzing the study data would be practiced by t-test and Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient. The results showed that there were differences and different relationships in vital capacity and health-related physical fitness of each gender populations for late-middle-aged adults. Therefore, we concluded and suggested that researches for late-middle-aged adults should regard the gender factor as confounder; and should separately analyze the different gender populations to avoid the arising of biases.

並列關鍵字

Late-middle-aged adults ； Health-related physical fitness ； Vital capacity