- Title
- A comparison of health-related quality of life in rural and metropolitan areas of Australia: the contribution of sports and physical activity
- Creator
- Eime, Rochelle; Charity, Melanie; Westerbeek, Hans; Harvey, Jack
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/192877
- Identifier
- vital:18069
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526161642.00029
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781526161642 (ISBN); 9781526161635 (ISBN)
- Abstract
- "People can be physically active in many different ways, including general physical activity and organised sports. In addition to the physical health benefits of participation, there is increasing evidence of broader health benefits –health-related quality of life of participation in organised community-level sports, specifically social and mental health benefits. The study utilised data from over 6,000 participants and investigated their sports and physical activity profiles and quality of life –social, physical and mental. In doing so, the propositions of the Health through Sport conceptual model regarding the different health benefits of different types of activity are investigated. Research questions: (1) What is the health-related quality of life of individuals in rural and regional areas (countryside) compared to metropolitan areas? (2) How does the health-related quality of life of individuals differ according to type of activity? (3) How do the activity profiles and health outcomes of individuals align to the Health through Sport conceptual model?The aim was to investigate the contribution of participation in sports and physical activity to the health-related quality of life of individuals before and during COVID-19. This study demonstrates that indicators of health-related quality of life differ among those living in rural and regional areas compared to metropolitan areas, in conjunction with differences attributable to gender, age and activity setting and mode." © Manchester University Press 2022.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Relation
- Rural Quality of Life Chapter 17 p. 315-332
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © Manchester University Press 2022
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