Ugwueze Fabian Chibunine, Agbaje Olaoluwa Samson
Department of Human Kinetics & Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
SAGE Open Med. 2022 Mar 31;10:20503121221088808. doi: 10.1177/20503121221088808. eCollection 2022.
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic spurred unprecedented public health measures to curb its spread. Such measures might have negatively impacted adolescents' participation in physical activity and health-related quality of life. However, the evidence is unclear in Nigerian adolescents. This study assessed the physical activity domains, levels, and health-related quality of life in Nigerian adolescents during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
The sample consisted of 430 students in public secondary schools in Nsukka, Enugu State. The students were randomly selected to participate in the cross-sectional study between November 2020 and April 2021. The Demographic Profile Form, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Short Form-36 Health Survey, and Perceived Susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019 Infection Questionnaire were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, independent-samples -test, univariate ANOVA, and multiple linear regressions were conducted using SPSS version 25.
The mean score of total physical activity (MET-min/week) was 1651.3 ( = 842.18). The mean overall score of health-related quality of life was 78.30 ( = 16.43). The mental health component of health-related quality of life showed that adolescents had poor mental health status. Female adolescents had higher mean scores in physical component summary ( = 83.03; = 27.36) and mental component summary ( = 51.19; = 8.69) than the male adolescents, physical component summary ( = 69.0; = 21.65) and mental component summary ( = 46.15; = 10.71).
The findings showed a significant positive association among gender, class of study, parental type, perceived susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019, and physical activity domains, levels, and health-related quality of life. In addition, boys had a higher mean score of total physical activity (MET-min/week) than the girls. More girls were less active than the boys. However, concerning the health-related quality of life, girls had higher mean scores in physical component summary and mental component summary than boys. Physical activity interventions that specifically target female adolescents' physical activity participation are needed. Also, mental health interventions are needed to improve the mental health status of adolescents, especially boys in the post-coronavirus disease 2019 era.
2019年冠状病毒病大流行促使采取了前所未有的公共卫生措施来遏制其传播。这些措施可能对青少年参与体育活动及与健康相关的生活质量产生了负面影响。然而，在尼日利亚青少年中，证据并不明确。本研究评估了2019年冠状病毒病大流行期间尼日利亚青少年的体育活动领域、水平及与健康相关的生活质量。
样本包括埃努古州Nsukka公立中学的430名学生。这些学生在2020年11月至2021年4月期间被随机挑选参与这项横断面研究。使用人口统计学概况表、国际体育活动问卷、简短健康调查36项量表以及对2019年冠状病毒病感染的感知易感性问卷进行数据收集。使用SPSS 25版进行描述性统计、卡方检验、独立样本t检验、单因素方差分析和多元线性回归。
总体体育活动的平均得分（代谢当量-分钟/周）为1651.3（标准差=842.18）。与健康相关的生活质量的总体平均得分为78.30（标准差=16.43）。与健康相关的生活质量的心理健康部分显示青少年心理健康状况较差。女性青少年在身体成分总结（均值=83.03；标准差=27.36）和心理健康总结（均值=51.19；标准差=8.69）方面的平均得分高于男性青少年，男性青少年的身体成分总结（均值=69.0；标准差=21.65）和心理健康总结（均值=46.15；标准差=10.71）。
研究结果表明，性别、学习年级、父母类型、对2019年冠状病毒病的感知易感性与体育活动领域、水平及与健康相关的生活质量之间存在显著的正相关。此外，男孩的总体体育活动平均得分（代谢当量-分钟/周）高于女孩。不活跃的女孩比男孩更多。然而，在与健康相关的生活质量方面，女孩在身体成分总结和心理健康总结方面的平均得分高于男孩。需要有专门针对女性青少年体育活动参与的体育活动干预措施。此外，需要心理健康干预措施来改善青少年的心理健康状况，尤其是在2019年冠状病毒病后的时代的男孩。
