A sociological analysis of the characteristics of physical exercises performed by medical professionals
Basing their research object on medical professionals in hospitals in all classes and at all levels in Hunan and Guangdong provinces, the authors studied the characteristics of physical exercises performed by their research object.The results revealed that the situation of medical professionals in performing physical exercises deviated obviously from their level of recognition of physical exercise,educational background, knowledge structure,income level and the like,and that only 12.5% of them performed physical exercises regularly. Subjectively these medical professionals were more prone to attribute their failure to maintain regular physical exercises to such factors as tremendous mental pressure,tiredness and heavy workload,and objectively irregular schedule of work rest and the lack of exercise ground facility made it difficult for them to form a motive specific physical exercise pattern, while they were more prone to take invigorator and sleeping instead of physical exercises as major means to recover from fatigue and boost their health.