The comparison between athlete females and non-athlete females regarding to general health, mental health, and quality of life

摘要

ObjectiveThe purpose of the present study was to compare general health, mental health and quality of life of women in the city of Ahvaz.MethodTwo groups of athletes and non-athletes females (simple size was 50 participants for each group) were selected randomly and GHQ, SCL-25 and QLQ questionnaires completed by them.ResultsMultivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed that there were significant differences between athlete and non–athlete females regarding dependent variables .In other words, the scores means of general health, mental health and quality of life were higher in athlete females than non-athlete females.ConclusionIn general, it could be state that the sport has advantages such as increasing physical and mental health and quality of life. The findings regarding to sport utilities were discussed.