Levels and Changes of Physical Activity in Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contextualizing Urban vs. Rural Living Environment
Levels and Changes of Physical Activity in Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contextualizing Urban vs. Rural Living Environment
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DOI：
10.3390/app10113997
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Sekulic, Damir
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作者：
Zenic, Natasa;Taiar, Redha;Sekulic, Damir
特色应用该研究结果可应用于制定旨在在类似于 COVID-19 大流行的危机期间保持体力活动水平的模式和策略。 摘要 COVID-19 大流行和在影响体力活动水平 (PAL) 后不久实施的社交距离。本调查的目的是评估克罗地亚青少年 PAL 的变化以及与 PAL 相关的因素，同时考虑社区（城市与农村生活环境）的影响。该样本包括 823 名青少年（平均年龄：16.5 +/- 2.1 岁），他们在基线（2019 年 10 月至 2020 年 3 月；克罗地亚 COVID-19 大流行之前）和随访（2020 年 4 月；在 COVID-19 大流行期间并实施社交距离规则）接受了测试。基线测试包括人体测量、身体健康状况和 PAL 评估，而随访仅包括 PAL（通过互联网应用程序通过标准化问卷进行评估）。结果显示，生活环境对PAL下降影响显着，城市青少年下降幅度较大。 Logistic 回归显示，在健康状况较好的青少年中，基线 PAL 正常的可能性较高，且城乡环境没有强烈的混杂影响。城市青少年的健康状况预测了他们随访时的 PAL。城市和农村青少年在 PAL 的既定变化以及预测变量与 PAL 之间关系方面的差异可以通过生活社区的特征（农村地区缺乏有组织的体育运动）以及研究时期和地区/国家的社会距离水平来解释。
Featured ApplicationThe study findings can be applied in the development of modalities and strategies aimed at the preservation of physical activity levels during crises similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing implemented shortly after influence physical activity levels (PALs). The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the changes in PAL and factors associated with PALs among Croatian adolescents while considering the impact of community (urban vs. rural living environment). The sample included 823 adolescents (mean age: 16.5 +/- 2.1 years) who were tested on baseline (from October 2019 to March 2020; before COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia) and follow-up (in April 2020; during the COVID-19 pandemic and imposed rules of social distancing). Baseline testing included anthropometrics, physical fitness status, and evaluation of PALs, while follow-up included only PALs (evaluated by a standardized questionnaire through an internet application). The results showed a significant influence of the living environment on the decrease of PAL, with a larger decrease in urban adolescents. Logistic regression showed a higher likelihood for normal PALs at baseline in adolescents who had better fitness status, with no strong confounding effect of the urban/rural environment. The fitness status of urban adolescents predicted their PALs at follow-up. The differences between urban and rural adolescents with regard to the established changes in PALs and relationships between the predictors and PALs are explained by the characteristics of the living communities (lack of organized sports in rural areas), and the level of social distancing in the studied period and region/country.