Introduction: Quality of life is the understanding of every person's health status and satisfaction of this condition. Other studies showed that quality of life can be affected by multiple factors, one of the most important factors are aging. These changes are the result of aging and reach middle-age can affect their quality of life. But one of the ways that middle-aged people can reduce the decline in physical changes and quality of life continue to hold high-level is sports activity. Much research has been done on the impact of exercise on quality of life but little research has been done in this area on middle-aged people. Therefore, in this study the relationship between quality of life and participation in leisure sports activities in middle-aged people active in the Ardabil.
Methodology: This study was cross-correlation and was field kind in terms of data collection. For this purpose, the physical activity questionnaire Sharkly (SHARKLY) by 0.86 reliability coefficient as well as the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire - Short Form (WHOQOL-BREF) by 0.95 reliability coefficient were used. The study population was people aged 40 to 60 years in Ardabil unlimited due to active seniors community and cross-sectional study, 240 men and women active in volunteer health stations, sports clubs and parks were selected. In this study, the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the association between participation in sports activities and quality of life as well as descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation using SPSS software.
Results: Statistical Results of this study showed that the correlation coefficient between the variables of quality of life and participation in sports activities was 0.242 with a significance level of 0.027. Thus, according to Pearson correlation coefficients achieved significance level (P≥0.05), it can be said that there was a significant correlation between quality of life and active participation in sports, leisure, in adults in Ardabil.
Discussion: Leisure-time and sports activities in addition to the physical benefits, have many benefits that enhance the quality of life is the most important factor. According to results of this study can be said that people's participation in leisure sports activities, increasing quality of life And this matter has a considerable impact on their personal life and work life.