دورية أكاديمية
Effects of quarantine on Physical Activity prevalence in Italian Adults: a pilot study
| العنوان: | Effects of quarantine on Physical Activity prevalence in Italian Adults: a pilot study |
|---|---|
| المؤلفون: | Mario Mauro, Stefania Toselli, Silvia Bonazzi, Alessia Grigoletto, Stefania Cataldi, Gianpiero Greco, Pasqualino Maietta Latessa |
| المصدر: | PeerJ, Vol 10, p e14123 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | PeerJ Inc., 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Biology (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Healthy habits, COVID-19 quarantine, Global health, Citizen’s wellbeing, Medicine, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| الوصف: | Background COVID-19 is a respiratory disease that caused a global pandemic status in March 2020. Due to its fast diffusion, many governments adopted forced solutions including social restrictions, which could negatively affect citizens’ habits as physical activity. Our study aimed to investigate how and why the physical activity prevalence varied from the period before the quarantine up to the period after it, and understand what citizens thought of physical inactivity COVID-19 related to and whether they were satisfied with physical activity promotion during the lockdown. Methods A new questionnaire was created and administered online. A sample of 749 interviews (female = 552 (73.7%), male = 197 (26.3%)) was collected and analysed. Results The prevalence of people who were older than 50 years reduced both during and after the lockdown (P < 0.05) and the most common reason for which they have quitted physical activity practice was related to psychological problems (lockdown = 64.57%; post-lockdown = 62.17%). In addition, youngers seemed to be more sensitive than elders to unhealthy consequences generated by forced isolation (P < 0.05), and they believed that children/adolescents and older adults practised an insufficient amount of physical activity and/or sport, which could negatively impact public health. Conclusions Although many strategies were implemented during the lockdown to promote regular physical activity practice, several results suggested that quarantine negatively affected citizens’ habits. The future government should focus on adequate measures to improve health behaviours. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2167-8359 35414405 |
| العلاقة: | https://peerj.com/articles/14123.pdfTest; https://peerj.com/articles/14123Test/; https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359Test |
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.14123 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/016963f354144059a2d6ef2e4b6a501cTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.016963f354144059a2d6ef2e4b6a501c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 21678359 35414405 |
|---|---|
| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj.14123 |