Division of Preventive and Sports Medicine, Institute of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty for Psychology and Human Movement Science, Institute for Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Turmweg 2, 20148 Hamburg, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 9;19(4):1942. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19041942.
Germany experienced a 6-month second lockdown (November 2020-April 2021) during the COVID-19 pandemic, which included the closure of all physical activity (PA) facilities. The use of online exercise classes (OECs) was promoted by public health and exercise organizations. Using the present cross-sectional online survey, we assess the use of and opinion towards OECs in Germany during the second lockdown. We used contingency tables and the Chi test to calculate the frequency of awareness and use of OECs according to PA status, well-being and demographic data, and conducted a binary logistic regression with OEC awareness or use and dichotomized independent predictors. The associations between opinion and activity status, frequency of use, educational attainment, age and body mass index were calculated using Spearman correlations. A total of 993 datasets were analyzed in detail. Of the 785 (79.1%) participants reporting awareness of OECs, 536 tried them, and 262, 188 and 85 used them <1 per week, 1-2 per week and ≥3 per week, respectively. The users were typically active, female participants with poorer mental well-being. The opinions towards OECs varied according to participant characteristics, such as activity status, BMI and age. Overall, regular OEC use was quite limited, and, as such, cannot replace in-person exercise opportunities. Keeping physical activity facilities open and safe must be prioritized in the ongoing pandemic.
德国在 COVID-19 大流行期间经历了为期 6 个月的第二次封锁（2020 年 11 月至 2021 年 4 月），包括关闭所有体育活动设施。公共卫生和运动组织提倡使用在线运动课程（OEC）。本研究使用目前的横断面在线调查，评估德国在第二次封锁期间使用和对 OEC 的看法。我们根据 PA 状态、幸福感和人口统计学数据使用列联表和卡方检验计算 OEC 意识和使用的频率，并使用二元逻辑回归对 OEC 意识或使用和二分独立预测因子进行分析。使用 Spearman 相关系数计算意见与活动状态、使用频率、教育程度、年龄和体重指数之间的关联。详细分析了 993 个数据集。在 785 名（79.1%）报告 OEC 意识的参与者中，有 536 人尝试过 OEC，其中 262 人、188 人、85 人分别每周使用 OEC<1 次、1-2 次和≥3 次。使用者通常是活跃的、女性参与者，心理健康状况较差。参与者的特征（如活动状态、BMI 和年龄）影响他们对 OEC 的看法。总体而言，定期使用 OEC 的情况相当有限，因此不能替代面对面的锻炼机会。在当前的大流行中，必须优先考虑开放和安全的体育活动设施。
