Lee Yoonmi, Baek Seunghui, Shin Jieun
Department of Sports Leisure, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul 02844, Korea.
Department of Health Exercise Management, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul 02844, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 23;19(1):126. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010126.
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in physical activity in Korean society, after the outbreak of COVID-19. Method This study was conducted using the Korean Community Health Survey conducted in 2019 and 2020. Subjects that have been diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes were excluded; a total of 355,914 cases were involved for analysis. In terms of the analysis method, General Linear Model (GLM) was conducted to examine the changes in physical activities in 2019 and 2020 depending on the presence of a spouse, educational status, and economic activities. In addition, the GLM was adopted to divide the subjects by gender and age, and analyze their physical activity changes in 2019 and 2020 with spouse presence, educational status, and economic activities as adjusted variables. Result In terms of Koreans, those without a spouse, high educational attainment, and economically inactive were less engaged in physical activities. Differences were found in subjects regarding moderate-intensity physical activities after social distancing following the spread of COVID-19. Senior females without a spouse, both males and females with low educational attainment, economically inactive adult females, and economically active senior males showed a greater drop in physical activities. For walking hours, both adult males and females without a spouse, adult females with all educational attainment level excluding elementary and middle school graduates, and economically inactive adult males and females also showed a downward trend. Conclusion The study recommends that people develop a strategy to increase their post-outbreak physical activity, taking into account the sociodemographic.
本研究旨在调查新冠疫情爆发后韩国社会身体活动的变化情况。方法：本研究使用了2019年和2020年进行的韩国社区健康调查。排除已被诊断患有高血压和糖尿病的受试者；共有355,914例参与分析。在分析方法方面，采用一般线性模型（GLM）来研究2019年和2020年根据配偶状况、教育程度和经济活动情况身体活动的变化。此外，采用GLM按性别和年龄对受试者进行划分，并以配偶状况、教育程度和经济活动作为调整变量分析他们在2019年和2020年身体活动的变化。结果：对于韩国人来说，没有配偶、高学历且经济不活跃的人较少参与身体活动。在新冠疫情传播后实施社交距离措施后，受试者在中等强度身体活动方面存在差异。没有配偶的老年女性、低学历的男性和女性、经济不活跃的成年女性以及经济活跃的老年男性身体活动下降幅度更大。在步行时间方面，没有配偶的成年男性和女性、除小学和初中毕业生外所有教育程度的成年女性以及经济不活跃的成年男性和女性也呈下降趋势。结论：该研究建议人们制定一项战略，在考虑社会人口统计学因素后增加疫情后的身体活动。
