Promoting a Healthy Society Research Group (PHeSO), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
PeerJ. 2023 Nov 2;11:e16000. doi: 10.7717/peerj.16000. eCollection 2023.
Anxiety is one of the most prevalent mental illnesses in first world societies, generating discomfort in the people who suffer from it, and high expenses and economic losses in the society. The physical activity (PA) performed, together with the perceived social support (PSS) by people with anxiety could be related to the psychological distress of people with anxiety.
To study the relationships between mental health and its dimensions, through Golberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ12), and the level of PA (PAL) and the PSS in the Spanish adult population with anxiety.
A higher PAL, and a higher PSS, is related to a lower psychological distress in this population.
This study included 1,661 adults with anxiety, residents in Spain. It was a cross-sectional study with data obtained from the Spanish National Health Survey. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to examine the data distribution of the variables. The median and interquartile range were used to characterize the sample for continuous variables, and absolute and relative frequencies were used for categorical variables. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to examine the differences between sexes. Dependence between PAL and sex was studied using the chi-square statistic. A Krustal-Wallis test was used to evaluate the existence of differences in the baseline medians on the GHQ-12, according to PAL level. Finally, the correlations between mental health and its dimensions with PAL and the Duke-UNC-11 scores were analysed, obtaining Spearman's rho and Pearson's correlation coefficient.
Moderate inverse correlations were found between the GHQ-12 and: PAL (rho: -0.219); PSS (r: -0.347). PAL and PSS presented moderate inverse correlations with successful coping (rho: -0.206 and r: -0.325), self-esteem (rho: -0.222 and r: -0.333) and stress (rho: -0.158 and r: -0.288).
Greater PAL and social support are associated with reduced psychological distress in people with anxiety.
焦虑是第一世界社会中最普遍的精神疾病之一，给患者带来不适，并给社会带来高昂的费用和经济损失。焦虑症患者的身体活动（PA）和感知到的社会支持（PSS）可能与焦虑症患者的心理困扰有关。
通过 Golberg 的一般健康问卷（GHQ12）研究心理健康及其维度与 PA 水平（PAL）和焦虑症西班牙成年人群体的社会支持（PSS）之间的关系。
更高的 PAL 和更高的 PSS 与该人群的心理困扰程度较低有关。
这项研究包括 1661 名患有焦虑症的西班牙成年人。这是一项横断面研究，数据来自西班牙国家健康调查。应用 Kolmogorov-Smirnov 检验检查变量数据分布。中位数和四分位间距用于描述连续变量的样本，绝对和相对频率用于描述分类变量的样本。 Mann-Whitney U 检验用于检验性别之间的差异。使用卡方检验研究 PAL 与性别之间的依赖性。使用 Kruskal-Wallis 检验评估 GHQ-12 基线中位数根据 PAL 水平的差异。最后，分析心理健康及其维度与 PAL 和 Duke-UNC-11 评分之间的相关性，得出 Spearman's rho 和 Pearson 相关系数。
GHQ-12 与：PAL（rho：-0.219）；PSS（r：-0.347）呈中度负相关。PAL 和 PSS 与成功应对（rho：-0.206 和 r：-0.325）、自尊（rho：-0.222 和 r：-0.333）和压力（rho：-0.158 和 r：-0.288）呈中度负相关。
更大的 PAL 和社会支持与焦虑症患者的心理困扰减轻有关。
