Arabzadeh Ehsan, Ebrahimi Samaneh, Gholami Mandana, Moiniafshari Kimia, Sohrabi Ashkan, Armannia Fariba, Shahba Mojdeh
Exercise Physiology Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Sport Sci Health. 2023 Mar 16:1-6. doi: 10.1007/s11332-023-01056-w.
Covid-19 pandemic has gained a growing trend and affected mental health in several aspects. Physical activity guidelines was strongly associated with a reduced risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes among infected adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between physical activity pre COVID-19 pandemic with mental health, depression, and anxiety in COVID-19 patients.
206 hospitalized patients diagnosed with covid-19 (140 male and 66 female, aged 34.5 ± 12) were selected and completed physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ) and hospital anxiety and depression questionnaire (HADS). For physical activity status assessment, a self-completed IPAQ questionnaire was taken and patients were divided into: (1) low active, (2) moderate active and (3) high active groups according to their physical activity experience. One-way ANOVA test was recruited and Tukey post hoc test was taken to assess difference among means. Pearson correlation was used to evaluate the association between physical activity level and mental health status ( < 0.05).
The results from this study showed that anxiety and depression was significantly higher in low active patients ( = 0.001) and there was a negative correlation between physical activity level and HADS ( = 0.001). However, patients with high physical activity pre COVID-19 pandemic have a lowest levels of anxiety and depression compare to other groups ( < 0.001).
It seems that adequate physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle may have a beneficial effect on mental health during the current outbreak of covid-19. Therefore, it is suggested that we perform exercise training every day to preconditioning effects.
新冠疫情呈增长趋势，并在多个方面影响心理健康。身体活动指南与感染成年人中严重新冠疫情后果风险的降低密切相关。本研究的目的是评估新冠疫情大流行前的身体活动与新冠患者心理健康、抑郁和焦虑之间的关联。
选取206例确诊为新冠的住院患者（男性140例，女性66例，年龄34.5±12岁），完成身体活动问卷（IPAQ）和医院焦虑抑郁问卷（HADS）。为评估身体活动状况，采用自行填写的IPAQ问卷，并根据患者的身体活动经历将其分为：（1）低活动组，（2）中等活动组和（3）高活动组。采用单因素方差分析，并进行Tukey事后检验以评估均值之间的差异。采用Pearson相关性分析评估身体活动水平与心理健康状况之间的关联（<0.05）。
本研究结果显示，低活动患者的焦虑和抑郁水平显著更高（=0.001），且身体活动水平与HADS之间存在负相关（=0.001）。然而，与其他组相比，新冠疫情大流行前身体活动量高的患者焦虑和抑郁水平最低（<0.001）。
在当前新冠疫情爆发期间，作为健康生活方式一部分的充足身体活动似乎可能对心理健康产生有益影响。因此，建议我们每天进行运动训练以获得预处理效果。
