Effects of COVID-19 Confinement on Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life in Rehabilitation Patients

Autor: B. Weisser, A. K. Heuer, Thorsten Schmidt
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin/German Journal of Sports Medicine. 72:230-235
ISSN: 2510-5264
0344-5925
Popis: › Aim: This article investigates the influence of the confinement from March 14th, 2020 until mid-May 2020 induced by the Co-vid-19 outbreak on the exercise behavior of rehabilitation patients and their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). › Methods: A total of 118 rehabilitation patients completed a fully standardized online survey. The Short Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in its short form (IPAQ) was used to assess HRQoL and weekly physical activity (PA) energy expenditure before and during the confinement. › Results: Vigorous PA decreased by 64.7% (p=.001, r=.31) during confinement. There was also a decrease in moderate PA of 29.6% (p=.017, r=.20) and a decrease in total PA of 21.9% (p=.001, r=.31). Both physical and psychological HRQoL domains changed sig-nificantly during the confinement: the value of the physical component scale (PCS) decreased by 14.4% (p=
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