Ladwig Matthew A, Sciamanna Christopher N, Rutt Kayla N, Blaker Joshua M, Kearcher Kalen, Auer Brandon J, Rovniak Liza S, Conroy David E, Gottschall Jinger S, Silvis Matthew L, Smyth Joshua M, Wang Ming
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2021 Sep;23:101476. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101476. Epub 2021 Jun 27.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and short-term adherence to an adult outdoor group sport play program designed to maximize enjoyment that was modified to incorporate COVID-19 risk mitigation strategies. We enrolled 17 healthy, but sedentary, central Pennsylvania adults ( = 31.6 ± 7.3) without obesity via mail advertisements to participate in four, 60-minute sessions of instructor-led modified sport games (e.g., handball, Ultimate Frisbee, soccer) over a two-week period in October 2020. Durign recrutiment and the study period, there were approximately 1000-2000 new cases of COVID-19 daily in central Pennsylvania . The overall adherence rate to the sessions was 91%, and no participants reported new or existing COVID-19 symptoms or diagnoses during the two-week study period or 10-days following the final session. Despite enforcing mandatory COVID-19 safety measures (e.g., universal masking, social distancing), the participants reported enjoying the program and feeling socially connected with one another, while perceiving the program to be safe. Additionally, all participants expressed a desire to participate again, if the program were offered in the future. These results suggest that an outdoor group sport play program for adults can be feasible, acceptable, and well-adhered to despite enforcing mandatory COVID-19 safety precautions. Physical activity programs similar to the one presented here may provide an easily-adaptable approach to outdoor physical activity during the current and potential future pandemics that have viral transmission characteristics similar to COVID-19.
本研究的目的是调查一项成人户外团体运动项目的可行性、可接受性和短期依从性。该项目旨在最大限度地提高趣味性，并经过修改以纳入新冠疫情风险缓解策略。我们通过邮件广告招募了17名健康但久坐不动的宾夕法尼亚州中部成年人（平均年龄=31.6±7.3岁），他们没有肥胖问题，于2020年10月的两周内参加了由教练指导的四节60分钟的改良体育游戏课程（如手球、极限飞盘、足球）。在招募和研究期间，宾夕法尼亚州中部每天约有1000 - 2000例新冠新病例。课程的总体依从率为91%，在为期两周的研究期间以及最后一节课后的10天内，没有参与者报告出现新的或现有的新冠症状或诊断结果。尽管实施了强制性的新冠安全措施（如普遍佩戴口罩、保持社交距离），但参与者表示喜欢该项目，并感觉彼此之间有社交联系，同时认为该项目是安全的。此外，所有参与者都表示，如果未来提供该项目，他们希望再次参加。这些结果表明，尽管实施了强制性的新冠安全预防措施，但一项针对成年人的户外团体运动项目可能是可行的、可接受的且依从性良好的。类似于本文介绍的体育活动项目可能为当前及未来可能出现的具有与新冠病毒相似病毒传播特征的大流行期间的户外体育活动提供一种易于适应的方法。
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