AlMarzooqi Mezna A
Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Psychol. 2021 Aug 13;12:707921. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.707921. eCollection 2021.
Social media became an integral part of the lives of people because it encourages social relations and shares interests, activities, and real-life connections. As quarantine and lockdown orders are prolonged, many people, as well as those physically active individuals, typically responded to this stressful condition by using social media platforms. This study aimed to examine the level of physical activity of physically active individuals and their attitudes toward social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted among physically active individuals in Saudi Arabia between June 2020 and July 2020. An online survey was employed among eligible participants who completed a self-administered questionnaire that covered reasons for physical activity and attitudes toward social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these 323 participants, 29.1% were in the age group of 18-24 years, 66.6% were women, and 67.8% were single. The proportion of participants whose metabolic equivalent of tasks-min/week from vigorous activity <1,680 was 31.9%, and all of the participants follow people or pages in social media related to sports teams and fitness models. The average number of hours spent on social media per day was 2.95 ± 0.90 h. The majority of the participants showed positive attitudes toward social media used for exercise and physical activity. Of the eight variables, age, level of physical activity, and the average of hours spent on social media emerged as significant predictors of attitudes toward the use of social media ( < 0.05). The present survey results indicate adverse consequences of home quarantine as reflected by a small proportion of participants who had differences in levels of vigorous activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. Social media appears to be a key avenue to promote and disseminate health interventions to promote physical activity during this COVID-19 pandemic.
社交媒体成为人们生活中不可或缺的一部分，因为它促进社会关系，分享兴趣、活动和现实生活中的联系。随着隔离和封锁令的延长，许多人以及那些经常运动的人通常通过使用社交媒体平台来应对这种压力状况。本研究旨在调查在新冠疫情期间经常运动的人的身体活动水平及其对使用社交媒体的态度。2020年6月至2020年7月，在沙特阿拉伯的经常运动的人群中进行了一项描述性横断面调查。对符合条件的参与者进行了在线调查，他们完成了一份自我管理的问卷，该问卷涵盖了在新冠疫情期间进行体育活动的原因以及对社交媒体平台的态度。在这323名参与者中，29.1%的人年龄在18 - 24岁之间，66.6%为女性，67.8%为单身。每周剧烈活动代谢当量分钟数<1680的参与者比例为31.9%，所有参与者都关注社交媒体上与运动队和健身模特相关的人或页面。每天花在社交媒体上的平均时间为2.95±0.90小时。大多数参与者对用于锻炼和体育活动的社交媒体持积极态度。在八个变量中，年龄、身体活动水平和花在社交媒体上的平均时间成为对使用社交媒体态度的显著预测因素（<0.05）。本次调查结果表明，沙特阿拉伯在新冠疫情期间，一小部分参与者剧烈活动水平存在差异，这反映出居家隔离产生了不良后果。在这次新冠疫情期间，社交媒体似乎是促进和传播健康干预措施以促进身体活动的关键途径。
