The Assessment of Elderly Recreation and Leisure Activities Construction Center: A Case Study in Rasht

Abstract

In this study, we tried to measure the amount of elderly need to Recreation Construction Center and the impact of constructing each of its artistic activities including  daily, and cultural, sports, entertainment, religious and social activities to increase their life expectancy as well as the elderly tend to do any of the variables. The population of the study were all patients older than 60 years in Rasht city. Among them, 384 samples were selected by random sampling method. After collecting the data through questionnaires, by using statistical tests, and correlation coefficient, relationship between variables was tested and was ranked by Friedman test. The results of this study show that in the context of constructing the recreation centers, 84.4 percent of elderly people approved the role of constructing the center in increasing the life expectancy. Also, according to software output, about 76 percent of elderly believed the role of effectiveness of the various activities could increase life expectancy. The Friedman test indicates that the variables have the greatest impact  on the effectiveness and increasing the life expectancy of exercise (Mean: 5.15), social activities (4.30) and religious activities (4.29). Further, the results suggest that the above-mentioned difference was significant and generalizeable to the target population.