The relationship between physical activity pre COVID-19 pandemic with mental health, depression, and anxiety in COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

Purpose Covid-19 pandemic has gained a growing trend and affected mental health in several aspects. Physical activity guidelines was strongly associated with a reduced risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes among infected adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between physical...

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Published in:Sport sciences for health 2023-12, Vol.19 (4), p.1239-1244
Main Authors: Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Ebrahimi, Samaneh, Gholami, Mandana, Moiniafshari, Kimia, Sohrabi, Ashkan, Armannia, Fariba, Shahba, Mojdeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerobics
Anxiety
Badminton
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-sectional studies
Diabetes
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Endorphins
Exercise
Females
Hospitalization
Human Physiology
Hypertension
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental health
Metabolic Diseases
Mountain climbing
Obesity
Patients
Physical fitness
Quarantine
Questionnaires
Sports Medicine
Viruses
Volleyball
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Summary:Purpose Covid-19 pandemic has gained a growing trend and affected mental health in several aspects. Physical activity guidelines was strongly associated with a reduced risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes among infected adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between physical activity pre COVID–19 pandemic with mental health, depression, and anxiety in COVID-19 patients. Methods 206 hospitalized patients diagnosed with covid-19 (140 male and 66 female, aged 34.5 ± 12) were selected and completed physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and hospital anxiety and depression questionnaire (HADS). For physical activity status assessment, a self-completed IPAQ questionnaire was taken and patients were divided into: (1) low active, (2) moderate active and (3) high active groups according to their physical activity experience. One-way ANOVA test was recruited and Tukey post hoc test was taken to assess difference among means. Pearson correlation was used to evaluate the association between physical activity level and mental health status ( p  
ISSN:1824-7490
1825-1234
DOI:10.1007/s11332-023-01056-w