Comparative Effect of Participation in Different Sports on Quality of Life Perception by Inmates of Ilesa Prison in Osun State of Nigeria

Abstract

Lack of empirical evidence on the influence of sports in the promotion of inmates' quality of life and their rehabilitation is posing serious challenge to effective use of sports in correctional programmes. This study focused on the effects of different sports on the QOL among inmates in Ilesa Prison in Osun State of Nigeria. The study employed experimental pretest-posttest control research design. This study was carried out over a 10 week period at the Ilesa prison in Osun State, Nigerian. 140 inmates were selected for the study. The respondents were grouped into four sports-athletics, badminton, table-tennis and volleyball. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) was adapted and used to determine the QOL of inmates across different sport groups. The data collected on reported quality of life condition of inmates against the different categories of sport participation (athletics, badminton, table-tennis and volleyball) were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Multiple regression analysis and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine whether differences observed on the QOL perception of inmates and participation in different sports are significant. The findings showed that there is a relationship between participation in different sports and quality of life. The result of ANOVA showed that the calculated F-ratio of 12.865 for inmates perception of their quality of life after participation in different sports was significant at p=0.000 when tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results of multiple regression showed that quality of life of the prisoners' increases as they participated in volley ball (β = 0.908), badminton (β = 1.321), Table Tennis (β = 1.521) and athletics (β = 7.401). It was concluded that participation in different sport presents similar and positive effect on the quality of life perception among inmates of Ilesa prison in Nigeria.

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“…In this study, marital status (married) found to have a statistically significant indirect negative effect on the four domains of HRQoL. This is consistent with studies done in Nigeria [ 50 ]. Married prisoners are more likely to suffer from depression, which has a direct negative impact on all domains of HRQoL because they may have a greater expectation of parental responsibility and may miss loved ones [ 58 ].…”

“…The mean score of HRQoL in our study was higher than the study conducted in Nigeria [ 49 ] using similar tool (WHOQoL BREF mean = 47.7). The discrepancy could be due to, unlike prisoners in Gondar city prison who stay the whole day time out of their cells, Nigerian prisoners can only take a walk in a courtyard for short periods while they remain inside their cell for most hours of the day with a consequent effect on their general well-being [ 50 ]. According to a study done in Belgium [ 51 ], the mean score of WHOQoL BREF was 63.18, which is greater than our finding.…”