From School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (NWB); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (DJP, NTY).
J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Mar-Apr;35(2):295-309. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210313.
To explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected exercise habits, we hypothesized that participants' physical activity would have increased by at least 30 min/wk after the onset of the pandemic.
We distributed an anonymous survey to ambulatory patients at the Family Medicine Clinic, University of Kansas Medical Center to analyze changes in exercise habits and weight.
Of the 500 adult patients surveyed, 382 were included. Results were stratified by demographics, including employment status before and during COVID-19. The median change in weekly exercise duration was 0.0 minutes, but the mean change was -25.7 minutes; total exercise duration decreased after the pandemic's onset (paired Wilcox signed rank test P < .001). More individuals reported participation in virtual group classes (6.3% before the pandemic vs 13.1% during the pandemic; McNemar's P < .001). Individuals with home exercise equipment before the pandemic were more likely to acquire more than were those who had none before (Chi square test P < .005). Overall, there is a significant trend in the direction of weight gain (Wilcox signed rank test P < .001).
Most participants decreased physical activity during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, expanding our understanding of how exercise habits change during stressful life events.
为了探究 COVID-19 大流行如何影响锻炼习惯，我们假设参与者的身体活动量在大流行开始后至少会增加 30 分钟/周。
我们向堪萨斯大学医学中心家庭医学诊所的门诊患者分发了一份匿名调查，以分析锻炼习惯和体重的变化。
在接受调查的 500 名成年患者中，有 382 名患者符合条件。结果根据人口统计学进行分层，包括大流行前后的就业状况。每周锻炼时间的中位数变化为 0 分钟，但平均值变化为-25.7 分钟；大流行开始后总锻炼时间减少（配对 Wilcox 符号秩检验 P<.001）。更多的人报告参加了虚拟团体课程（大流行前为 6.3%，大流行期间为 13.1%；McNemar 检验 P<.001）。大流行前有家庭运动器材的人比没有的人更有可能获得更多器材（卡方检验 P<.005）。总体而言，体重增加的趋势显著（Wilcox 符号秩检验 P<.001）。
大多数参与者在前所未有的 COVID-19 大流行期间减少了体育活动，这进一步了解了在压力生活事件期间锻炼习惯如何变化。
