Araştırma Notu

Present study is composed of two separate phases. The purpose of the first phase was to determine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the ‘Ageing Well Profile (AWP)’ developed by Stathi and Fox (2004). The purpose of the second study was to examine the effects of 12 week pilates exercises on relevant subjective well being in older adult women over the age of 65. Eighty six female (Mage= 71.15  6.63 year) and 85 male (Mage= 73.05  7.45 year) from several nursing homes in Ankara were recruited to participate in the study of reliability and validity of the AWP. A total of 85 women, 45 as exercise ( age= 72.80 6.74 years) and 40 as control ( yaş= 74.03  5.73 yıl) group, from a nursing home in Ankara voluntarily participated in exercise interventions. Although maximum likelihood factor analyses of the AWP indicated a 6 factor structure with 65.02 % explained variance, 2 items (12 and 23) and a factor (4th factor with two items) were excluded from the inventory because of the low factor loadings (.40) and internal consistency values (.23), respectively. Participants in the exercise group attended pilates sessions of 60 minutes per day, 3 days in a week for 12 weeks. All measurements were taken 1 week before and 1 week after the exercise treatments. The results of 2 X 2 X 5 Mixed design MANOVA revealed that “physical well being” and “independence” scales of the AWP significantly improved from pre to post measurements. Within the scope of present results, it can be said that with 23 items and 5 factor structure, AWP is reliable and valid instrument in order to measure physical activity relevant subjective well being in Turkish older adults, 12 week pilates exercises were partially effective in improving perceived subjective well being in older adult women over 65.

2019

results, frequency (f) and percentage (%) values are used and also direct quotations are given. The findings were discussed in the light of the related literature.