Physical activity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the two most-affected cities in Saudi Arabia.
Physical activity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in the two most-affected cities in Saudi Arabia.
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10.2174/1874944502013010470
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2020-01-01
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Barwais, Faisal A
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Barwais, Faisal A
背景：在COVID-19疫情期间，充足的体力活动对身心健康产生了积极影响。这项研究旨在评估沙特参与者在COVID-19大流行之前和期间的身体活动水平。方法：本研究包括244青年和中年沙特成年人（154名男性，90名女性），（平均年龄SD，33.8 - 7.7岁）。所有受试者都完成了一份在线自我报告问卷，以确定他们在过去7天内的身体活动水平。使用配对t检验来确定是否存在身体活动的总MET分钟/周的显著差异（即，不够活跃和足够活跃）之间的不同变量的身体活动相关的社会背景。结果：在COVID-19封锁之前和期间，观察到进行体力活动的时间显著减少（57. 1%）。在与私人教练一起参加体育活动的参与者中，在锁定之前和锁定期间的总MET-分钟/周的体育活动没有显著差异（之前= 2207 389.3 MET-分钟/周;期间= 2077 201.5 MET-分钟/周）。然而，结果表明，单独进行体力活动的参与者（59%），与家人（61.6%），与朋友（62%）或与团体（61.3%）进行体力活动的参与者的体力活动显着减少。结论：这项研究的结果显示，在COVID-19封锁期间，身体活动水平所用的时间较封锁前显著减少。这些发现可能对旨在提高大流行期间身体活动水平的公共卫生举措的基本发展产生影响。这项研究通过展示人们在COVID-19封锁期间如何有更多的时间在家进行身体活动来增加知识基础;然而，这项研究表明参与者的身体活动不足。
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, sufficient physical activity has had a positive effect on physical and mental health. This study aimed to assess levels of physical activity among Saudi participants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The study included 244 young and middle-aged Saudi adults (154 males, 90 females), (mean age SD, 33.8 7.7 years). All subjects completed an online self-report questionnaire to determine their physical activity levels over the last 7 days. Paired t-tests were used to determine if there were significant differences in the total MET-minutes/week of physical activity (i.e., insufficiently active and sufficiently active) between different variables of physical activity-related social contexts. Results: A significant decrease (57.1%) in the time spent performing physical activity before and during the COVID-19 lockdown was observed. No significant difference in total MET-min/week of physical activity before and during the lockdown was observed for the participants who participated in physical activity with a personal trainer (before = 2207 389.3 MET-min/week; during = 2077 201.5 MET-min/week). However, results indicated significant decreases in physical activity for participants who performed physical activity alone (59%), with family (61.6%), with friends (62%), or with groups (61.3%). Conclusion: The results of this study showed a significant decrease in the amount of time spent in physical activity levels during the COVID-19 lockdown than before the lockdown period. These findings may have implications for the essential development of public health initiatives that aim to increase physical activity levels during the pandemic. This study adds to the knowledge base by showing how people during the COVID-19 lockdown have more time to be physically active at home; nevertheless, this study indicates that participants are insufficiently physically active.