Abstract
Introduction: The global changes in the categories of contemporary life have made physical education and sport a necessity that is far from inevitable.The purpose of this study was to Comparison of quality of life, Self Confidence and public health in athletes and non-athlete veterans. The research method is descriptive and survey type.
Materials & Methods: The statistical population of this study includes all veterans of Khoy city. According to statistics obtained from veterans of Khoy city, 95 individual athletes’ veterans, 95 athletes’ veterans are members of sports teams and 95 non-athletes veterans were selected as statistical sample. Demographic characteristics, World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire 26 questions, Eysenck Standard Confidence Questionnaire 30 questions, Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 questions were used for data collection.. Descriptive and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and analysis of variance in repeated measures and Tukey post hoc test) were used for data analysis.
Results: Findings of the study showed that the quality of life of individual and team athlete veterans was better than non-athlete veterans and there was no significant difference between individual and group athlete veterans. Public health was also better in individual and team athletes than non-athletes. The confidence of individual athlete veterans and a group of non-athlete veterans was better.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, it seems that one of the best strategies to improve the quality of life, Self Confidence and Public health of these people is physical activity and exercise.