The Impact of Measures Recommended by the Government to Limit the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Physical Activity Levels, Quality of Life, and Mental Health of Brazilians
| Autor: | Anderson Carlos Marçal, Lázaro Fernandes Lobo, Albená Nunes-Silva, Felipe J. Aidar, Lucas Soares Marcucci-Barbosa, Paulo Francisco de Almeida-Neto, Francisco de Assis Martins Júnior, Osvaldo Costa Moreira, Victor Machado Reis, Breno Guilherme de Araújo Tinoco Cabral, Anselmo de Athayde Costa e Silva, Eduardo Borba Neves, Jymmys Lopes dos Santos, Dihogo Gama de Matos, Ialuska Guerra, Raphael Fabricio de Souza |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Geography Planning and Development Physical activity physical activity TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 medicine.disease_cause Renewable energy sources stress 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Quality of life Medicine GE1-350 030212 general & internal medicine Social isolation Coronavirus Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Public health public health COVID-19 030229 sport sciences quality of life Mental health Environmental sciences Basal metabolic rate medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 12; Issue 21; Pages: 9072 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 9072, p 9072 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su12219072 |
| Popis: | To reduce transmission of the coronavirus, the Brazilian government adopted containment measures to control the virus’ spread, including limitations to the practice of physical activity. It was aimed to analyze the effects of COVID-19 quarantine on physical activity levels, energy expenditure, quality of life, and level of stress in a sample of the Brazilian population. The sample included 426 participants (7 to 80 years). The International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Short form survey-36 (SF-36), and Stress Perception Scale, were used to assess the level of physical activity, quality of life and stress, respectively. The anthropometric data was used to the assessment of body mass index and basal metabolic rate. Body weight increased significantly in all sample (p < 0.05). During the pandemic, 84% of the sample indicated a low level of physical activity. Furthermore, weekly energy expenditure decreased significantly in all age groups during the pandemic (children p < 0.0001; adolescents: p < 0.0001; adults p < 0.001, and elderly p < 0.0001). All aspects of quality of life, significantly reduced in both sexes in all age groups (p < 0.05). With the exception of children, stress levels increased significantly during the pandemic (adolescents: male: p = 0.003, female: p < 0.05; adults: male: p = 0.003, female: p = 0.01, and elderly: male: p = 0.02, female: p = 0.03). Findings from the present study suggests that COVID-19 social isolation has negatively affected Brazilian’ physical activity and quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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