Publication details
Physical activity of persons with intellectual disability: a comparison of the capacity of activities during the outdoor camp and on the days of everyday life
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The presentation follows up on the research of the capacity and intensity of physical activities of the persons with intellectual disability during 2 weeks outdoor camp. The result was that participants achieved higher values in the amount of daily steps and intensity than he general intact population, even in the age cohort of 35-60 years. The results have been published (Válková, Králíková, Dygrýn, 2018, p.538-549. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Kinanthropology, 2017). The results provoked a challenge: of what values the same people can achieve in the “home” social environment in everyday life. The aim of the follow up research was to compare the capacity and intensity of physical activities in persons with intellectual disability which the participants achieved during the week with a habitual lifestyle with the results achieved in the outdoor camp. After mastering the GDPR requirements a total of 33 participants (16 M, 17) participated in the follow-up survey (47 – 21 M, 26 F during outdoor camp). Age spectrum 16–52 years. The methodology was identical to the camp conditions: weekly recording of physical activities using the GT3X Actigrafaph, written recording of activity log in special form. The identical period for recording was saved (May – June). The survey process was realized in 12 localities in the East and North Bohemian region (Czech Republic). At recorded time the participants were living either in all days in families, or daily/week centers or in transformed sheltered housing. Although the processing the results of the complete participants was statistical by pair differences comparison, due to the heterogeneity of the sample it was necessary to apply a case study approach, too. The results showed that the indicators of capacity and intensity are significantly linked to the social conditions of everyday life, which reflect the age of the participants. In the institutions some attention is paid to physical activities, worse situation was find with participants living in families far from urban centers and persons living in transformed sheltered housing the movement activities were less affected. The conclusion should serve to discuss more intensive support for families, for inhabitants living in transformed housing, |