The link between physical acitivity and self-rated health of sports club ”Fitclub“ visitors

Objective of the research – the link between physical activity and self-rated health of sports club “Fitclub“ visitors. Hypothesis : the more visitors of the “Fitclub” are active the better they evaluate their physical and physical health. The aim of the research – reveal the link between physical activity and self-rated health of the sports club “Fitclub“ visitors. Research methods and methodology: the analysis of scientific literature, quantitative research assessing the link between physical activity and self-rated health among the visitors of sports club “Fitclub“. The participants of the research were given an anonymous questionnaire based on Godin-Shepard’s leisure activity questionnaire, health and habits survey by Goštautas (1999), Goldberg’s examination of physical health and other demographic questions. Participants: 143 visitors of sports club “Fitclub” - 58 (40,6%) male and 85 (59,4%) female were involved in the research. Some participants were physically active only a few weeks others - more than ten years. Conclusion: there was a difference defined in “Fitclub” visitors’ physical activity for different social and demographic groups. Male participants are engaged in more intensive physical activity than female participants. Female participants tend to have less intensive physical activity. Younger (age 19-30) participants have higher education to evaluate their physical health and subjective health more favorably than older (age 31-53) participants who have lower level of education for physical activity. Younger visitors tend to evaluate their physical health more positively than older ones. Physical activity of sports club “FitClub” visitors relates to their self-rated health. The higher physical activity is, the better is evaluation of physical and psychical health. The strongest link was defined among female and older (age 31-53) visitors of the club