The relationship between physical activity and mental health in a sample of the UK public: A cross-sectional study during the implementation of COVID-19 social distancing measures
The relationship between physical activity and mental health in a sample of the UK public: A cross-sectional study during the implementation of COVID-19 social distancing measures
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DOI：
10.1016/j.mhpa.2020.100345
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发表时间：
2020-10-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Smith, Lee
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作者：
Jacob, Louis;Tully, Mark A.;Smith, Lee
目的：本研究的目的是调查英国因 COVID-19 导致的公共社交距离样本中体力活动水平与抑郁症状、焦虑症状和积极心理健康之间的横断面关联。方法：本文对横断面流行病学研究的数据进行了预先计划的中期分析。自我报告在 COVID-I9 社交距离期间的体力活动水平。使用贝克焦虑和抑郁量表来测量心理健康状况。使用简短的沃里克-爱丁堡心理健康量表来测量心理健康。参与者还报告了社会人口统计学和临床数据。使用回归模型研究身体活动与心理健康之间的关联。结果：本研究纳入了 902 名成年人（其中 63.8% 为女性，50.1% 为 35-64 岁人群）。调整协变量后，每天中度至剧烈体力活动（以小时为单位）与心理健康状况不佳之间存在负相关（OR = 0.88，95% CI = 0.80-0.97）。对于中度至重度焦虑症状、中度至重度抑郁症状和心理健康状况不佳，也得到了类似的结果。结论：在目前因 COVID-19 而保持社交距离的英国成年人样本中，那些经常进行身体活动的人总体心理健康状况更好。由于本研究的横断面设计，无法推断关联的方向。
Aim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the cross-sectional association between physical activity levels with depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and positive mental well-being in a sample of the UK public social distancing owing to COVID-19.Method: This paper presents pre-planned interim analyses of data from a cross-sectional epidemiological study. Levels of physical activity during COVID-I9 social distancing were self-reported. Mental health was measured using the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventory. Mental wellbeing was measured using The Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Participants also reported on sociodemographic and clinical data. The association between physical activity and mental health was studied using regression models.Results: 902 adults were included in this study (63.8% of women and 50.1% of people aged 35-64 years). After adjusting for covariates, there was a negative association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day in hours and poor mental health (OR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.80-0.97). Similar findings were obtained for moderateto-severe anxiety symptoms, moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms and poor mental wellbeing.Conclusions: In the present sample of UK adults social distancing owing to COVID-19 those who were physically active have better overall mental health. Owing, to the cross-sectional design of the present study the direction of the association cannot be inferred.