Europäisches Journal für Experimentalbiologie Offener Zugang

Abstrakt

The relationship between the health status of athletic facilities and participation in physical exercises

Seyed Mostafa Tayebi Sani, Mehdi Talebpour, Farshad Tojari, Hadi Jabbari

The purpose of the present research was to examine the relationship between the health status of athletic facilities and participation of Tehran citizens in physical exercises. The population of the research consists of all the athletic facilities of Tehran City. Using stratified and cluster sampling, 227 indoor facilities and 32 outdoor facilities were selected as sample and the health checklist and citizens’ participation questionnaire were completed in these facilities. Then, the collected data was analyzed using Pearson correlation test and the results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between the health status of athletic facilities and participation of the citizens in physical activities (r = 0.128; p = 0.039).