Doro Márcio Roberto, de Araújo Iago Portolani, Santana Jeferson Oliveira, Doro João Gabriel Oliveira, João Priscila Teixeira, Das Virgens Leonardo Cesar, Júnior Francisco Luciano Pontes, Caperuto Érico, Portella Daniel Leite
School of Arts science and humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; School of Physical Education, University São Judas, São Paulo.
FAM - University Center of America - São Judas University, São Paulo.
Eur J Transl Myol. 2023 Jun 19;33(2):11343. doi: 10.4081/ejtm.2023.11343.
COVID-19 is an infectious and contagious disease, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Due to the rapid spreading of the virus and its lethal consequences, the WHO declared a pandemic. One of the main strategies to treat and prevent the spreading was the stay home safe, a social isolation situation that was accompanied by the closing of fitness gyms, city parks and facilities proper to exercise. This context promoted an increase in home fitness programs and in the search for information online regarding exercise and health. So, the objective of this study was to understand the effects of the pandemic on physical activity behavior and online information search regarding exercise programs. Data collection was through a google forms questionnaire, all procedures were approved by the University ethics committee and we collected data from 1065 participants. Our results showed that the participants main behavior was maintained, 80.7% of our sample were active before the pandemic and only 9.7% of this group stopped being active. On the other hand we registered 7% of participants that started exercise after the pandemic installation. Information about exercise was searched outside social media by 49.6% of the participants with 32.5% using social media. 56.1% would look only for professional advice, interestingly 11.4% of the participants were active without any kind of advice. We concluded that Covid-19 pandemic installation affected negatively the population physical activity behavior and increased awareness about the importance of exercise as a health strategy.
新冠病毒病（COVID-19）是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的传染性疾病。由于该病毒的迅速传播及其致命后果，世界卫生组织宣布其为大流行病。治疗和预防病毒传播的主要策略之一是居家安全，这是一种社交隔离状态，同时健身馆、城市公园和适合锻炼的设施都被关闭。这种情况促使家庭健身计划增加，以及在网上搜索有关锻炼和健康的信息。因此，本研究的目的是了解大流行对身体活动行为以及有关锻炼计划的在线信息搜索的影响。通过谷歌表单问卷进行数据收集，所有程序均获得大学伦理委员会的批准，我们从1065名参与者那里收集了数据。我们的结果表明，参与者的主要行为得以维持，我们样本中的80.7%在大流行之前就积极锻炼，而这一组中只有9.7%的人停止了锻炼。另一方面，我们记录到7%的参与者在大流行开始后开始锻炼。49.6%的参与者在社交媒体之外搜索锻炼信息，32.5%的参与者使用社交媒体。56.1%的人只会寻求专业建议，有趣的是，11.4%的参与者在没有任何建议的情况下积极锻炼。我们得出结论，新冠病毒病大流行的出现对人群的身体活动行为产生了负面影响，并提高了人们对锻炼作为一种健康策略的重要性的认识。
