Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Cigli, Izmir, Turkey.
Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34(2):161-167. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200301.
Health anxiety is often associated with musculoskeletal symptoms and gender, but there are limited studies that investigate these relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We aimed to compare the genders regarding health anxiety and musculoskeletal symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic and to investigate the relationship of musculoskeletal symptoms with physical activity and health anxiety.
Assessments were performed through an online questionnaire. Eighty-five males and eighty-five females were included by matching genders in terms of age, body mass index, education level, number of days spent at home during the pandemic, and physical activity. The Short Health Anxiety Inventory, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form, and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire were used to assess health anxiety, physical activity, and musculoskeletal symptoms, respectively.
Females had a higher level of health anxiety and more musculoskeletal symptoms than males (p< 0.05). There were weak to moderate correlations in females and weak correlations in males between musculoskeletal symptoms and health anxiety (p< 0.05). Also, a weak negative correlation was found between physical activity and musculoskeletal symptoms in both genders (p< 0.05).
Females are more anxious and have more musculoskeletal symptoms during the pandemic than males. Also, health anxiety is related to musculoskeletal symptoms in both genders.
健康焦虑通常与肌肉骨骼症状和性别有关，但在 COVID-19 大流行期间，研究这些关系的研究有限。
我们旨在比较 COVID-19 大流行期间男性和女性的健康焦虑和肌肉骨骼症状，并探讨肌肉骨骼症状与身体活动和健康焦虑的关系。
通过在线问卷进行评估。通过年龄、体重指数、教育水平、大流行期间在家的天数以及身体活动等方面的性别匹配，纳入了 85 名男性和 85 名女性。使用简短健康焦虑量表、国际体力活动问卷-简短形式和北欧肌肉骨骼问卷分别评估健康焦虑、身体活动和肌肉骨骼症状。
女性的健康焦虑水平和肌肉骨骼症状比男性更高（p<0.05）。女性的肌肉骨骼症状与健康焦虑之间存在弱至中度相关，而男性则存在弱相关（p<0.05）。此外，在两性中，身体活动与肌肉骨骼症状之间存在弱负相关（p<0.05）。
与男性相比，女性在大流行期间更焦虑，肌肉骨骼症状更多。此外，健康焦虑与两性的肌肉骨骼症状有关。
