Faculdade Evangélica Mackenzie do Paraná - Curitiba (PR), Brazil.
Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Oct;67(10):1392-1396. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.20210122.
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of pandemic in the exercising practice and impact of the disease in patients with Fibromyalgia.
This is a cross-sectional, Internet-based survey answered by 1156 individuals with Fibromyalgia diagnosis. Questions were on epidemiology, social distancing habits, and exercise practice before and after COVID-19 pandemic, including subtypes of exercises (for resistance, flexibility, balance, and strength). The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire was applied.
In the whole sample, 57.7% of individuals practiced exercises before pandemic; during pandemic, only 34.8% practiced and 39.6% left this practice. Among those taking quarantine (n=440), 52.9% used to do exercises prior to pandemic; in the pandemic, 28.1% (reduction of 53.2%). The median Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire among those who practiced exercises in the pandemic was 73.6 (61.1-83.2) and that among those who did not was 80.4 (71.9-86.9), with p<0.0001. The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire did not change according to the type of physical exercise (p=0.27).
A high proportion of patients with Fibromyalgia stopped exercising during COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, the impact of the disease during this period was worse among those not practicing exercises.
本研究旨在分析疫情对纤维肌痛患者运动实践的影响。
这是一项横断面、基于互联网的调查，共 1156 名纤维肌痛患者参与。问题涉及流行病学、社交距离习惯以及 COVID-19 大流行前后的运动实践，包括运动类型（抗阻运动、灵活性运动、平衡运动和力量运动）。采用纤维肌痛影响问卷进行评估。
在整个样本中，57.7%的个体在大流行前进行运动锻炼；在大流行期间，只有 34.8%的人进行运动锻炼，而 39.6%的人停止了运动锻炼。在接受隔离的个体中（n=440），52.9%的人在大流行前进行运动锻炼；在大流行期间，这一比例降至 28.1%（减少了 53.2%）。在大流行期间进行运动锻炼的个体的纤维肌痛影响问卷中位数为 73.6（61.1-83.2），而未进行运动锻炼的个体的纤维肌痛影响问卷中位数为 80.4（71.9-86.9），p<0.0001。运动类型对纤维肌痛影响问卷无影响（p=0.27）。
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，很大一部分纤维肌痛患者停止了运动锻炼；因此，在此期间未进行运动锻炼的患者病情更严重。
