The Effect of Participation in Daily Sports among Adults with Physical Disabilities on Subjective Health Perception and Sense of Happiness

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relative influence of the degree of participation in daily sports on the subjective health perception and happiness of adults with physical disabilities who exercise regularly. For the study, data from 1,783 adults with physical disabilities who responded that they exercised regularly in the past year were extracted from the raw data of the nation-wide 2023 Physical Education Survey for the Disabled and conducted a secondary analysis. The main results of the study are as follows. same. First, 71.3% of adults with physical disabilities who exercise regularly exercised more than 3 times a week, 46.4% exercised ‘30 minutes to less than 1 hour’ per time, 49.6% exercised at low intensity, and 48.0% did moderate intensity exercise. It was found that it does. Second, the subjective health perception of adults with physical disabilities who exercise regularly was 3.25 points on average, equivalent to 65 points out of 100, and the average happiness index was 3.33 points, equivalent to 66.6 points out of 100. Gender, lifetime There were significant differences depending on the cycle, degree of disability, marital status, employment status, and average monthly income. Third, the number, exercise time, and intensity of exercise among adults with physical disabilities who exercise regularly were found to have a positive effect on subjective health perception, and the number of exercise and exercise time were found to have a positive effect on happiness. Exercise intensity appeared to have no effect on happiness.