School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK.
The Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Olympic Legacy Park, 2 Old Hall Road, Sheffield, S9 3TU, UK.
Health Promot Int. 2023 Jun 1;38(3). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daac012.
Lockdown restrictions imposed across the UK in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had a profound impact on many people's health and wellbeing. People were encouraged to be active, but population surveys suggest some groups found this easier than others. We explored the changes in health, wellbeing and physical activity levels among a sample in the UK who experienced the sudden loss of a weekly community-based physical activity opportunity, parkrun. A sample of UK parkrun participants responded to two surveys: pre-COVID-19 in January/February 2019 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020. Outcomes were happiness, life satisfaction, connections with others, physical health, mental health and physical activity. The sample was stratified by gender, age, deprivation status, physical activity and number of parkruns completed. Demographics were reported using descriptive statistics; distributions between sub-groups were compared using Chi-square tests while differences in outcomes were determined using the Mann-Whitney U test. Open text responses were also analysed. Happiness, life satisfaction, connections with others, physical health and mental health of 450 parkrun participants were negatively impacted for all sub-groups, although the impact was not experienced equally. Physical activity fell by 6% while happiness and life satisfaction fell by 12%. People experienced the worst negative impact on their connections with others. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the wellbeing of a greater proportion of females, younger adults, inactive people, those from higher deprivation areas, and those who had completed fewer parkruns. There is evidence that the wellbeing of those who were more active, and those more involved in a community-based physical activity initiative pre-pandemic, was less negatively affected during the COVID-19 lockdown.
为应对 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行，英国各地实施了封锁限制，这对许多人的健康和福祉产生了深远影响。人们被鼓励积极活动，但人口调查表明，有些人比其他人更容易做到这一点。我们研究了在英国的一个样本中，由于每周一次的社区基础体育活动机会（即 parkrun）突然丧失，健康、幸福感和体育活动水平的变化。英国 parkrun 参与者的一个样本对两项调查做出了回应：COVID-19 之前是在 2019 年 1 月/2 月，COVID-19 期间是在 2020 年 9 月。结果是幸福感、生活满意度、与他人的联系、身体健康、心理健康和体育活动。该样本按性别、年龄、贫困状况、体育活动和完成的 parkrun 次数进行分层。人口统计学数据使用描述性统计进行报告；使用卡方检验比较子组之间的分布，使用曼-惠特尼 U 检验确定结果的差异。还对开放式文本回复进行了分析。幸福感、生活满意度、与他人的联系、身体健康和心理健康，对于所有子组来说，450 名 parkrun 参与者的这些方面都受到了负面影响，尽管影响并不均等。体育活动下降了 6%，而幸福感和生活满意度下降了 12%。人们经历了与他人联系方面最严重的负面影响。COVID-19 大流行对女性、年轻成年人、不活跃人群、来自高贫困地区人群以及完成 parkrun 次数较少的人群的幸福感产生了更大的负面影响。有证据表明，那些更活跃的人和那些在大流行前更积极参与社区基础体育活动的人，在 COVID-19 封锁期间的幸福感受负面影响程度较小。
