Autor: |
Bulfone TC; School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA., Blat C; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Chen YH; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Rutherford GW; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Gutierrez-Mock L; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Nickerson A; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Buback L; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Welty S; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA., Sokal-Gutierrez K; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA., Enanoria WTA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA., Reid MJA; School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. |
Abstrakt: |
Access to recreational physical activities, particularly in outdoor spaces, has been a crucial outlet for physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to understand how conducting these activities modulates the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this case-control study of unvaccinated individuals conducted in San Francisco, California, the odds of testing positive to SARS-CoV-2 were lower for those who conducted physical activity in outdoor locations (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 0.16, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.05, 0.40) in the two weeks prior to testing than for those who conducted no activity or indoor physical activity only. Individuals who visited outdoor parks, beaches, or playgrounds also had lower odds of testing positive to SARS-CoV-2 (aOR: 0.28, 95% CI: 0.11, 0.68) as compared with those who did not visit outdoor parks, beaches, or playgrounds. These findings, albeit in an unvaccinated population, offer observational data to support pre-existing ecological studies that suggest that activity in outdoor spaces lowers COVID-19 risk. |