Sport Participation and Subjective Outcomes of Health in Middle-Aged Men: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Although sport participation is intrinsically motivating and improves the physical health of middle-aged men, its influence on subjective health measures, such as health-related quality of life, self-rated health, or well-being is unclear. The purpose of this scoping review was to describe the existing literature that has assessed male sport participants and their subjective health. MEDLINE, Embase, Emcare, PsycInfo, SPORTDiscus, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched, and reference lists of included studies were pearled. Included were original peer-reviewed studies reporting a marker of subjective health in males, 35 to 54 years (average), who participated in sport. The search identified 21 eligible articles, 18 quantitative, 2 mixed-methods, and 1 qualitative, from 13 differe

SUBMITTER: Blake HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8935418 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature