Milken Institute School of Public Health, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
Front Public Health. 2024 Oct 15;12:1468300. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1468300. eCollection 2024.
With the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, there was a widespread infection rate among college campuses, creating a need to understand the impact of COVID-19 infection on the health and wellbeing of adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine COVID-19 incidence and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) among undergraduate students in the 2 years post-COVID-19 pandemic lock-down.
Participants ( = 151) included undergraduate college freshmen students during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.
A series of annual surveys ( = 151) and laboratory measures among a sub-sample of participants ( = 28) were conducted to assess COVID-19 incidence, CRF, anthropometrics, and physical activity (PA).
Over half of participants self-reported COVID-19 infection (59%), "good" or better CRF, a healthy body mass index (BMI), and 25% met PA recommendations. Nearly a quarter, (24%) perceived a negative impact of COVID-19 on their CRF and although not statistically significant, participants who contracted COVID-19 had 46% lower odds of having a positive perception of CRF than those who did not contract COVID-19 before. However, students who were more physically active were more likely to perceive a negative impact of COVID-19 incidence on their CRF ( = 0.035).
Although no relationship was detected between COVID-19 and CRF, those who perceived a negative impact of COVID-19 on their CRF reported engaging in more physical activity.
随着 COVID-19 病毒的出现，大学校园的感染率普遍很高，因此需要了解 COVID-19 感染对青少年健康和幸福的影响。本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行封锁后 2 年期间大学生的 COVID-19 发病率和心肺功能（CRF）。
参与者（n=151）包括 2021-2022 年和 2022-2023 学年的本科大学新生。
对一组参与者（n=28）进行了一系列年度调查和实验室测量，以评估 COVID-19 发病率、CRF、人体测量学和身体活动（PA）。
超过一半的参与者自我报告 COVID-19 感染（59%）、“良好”或更好的 CRF、健康的体重指数（BMI）和 25%符合 PA 建议。近四分之一（24%）的人认为 COVID-19 对他们的 CRF 有负面影响，尽管没有统计学意义，但感染 COVID-19 的参与者对 CRF 的正面看法的可能性比未感染 COVID-19 的参与者低 46%。然而，身体活动更多的学生更有可能认为 COVID-19 感染对他们的 CRF 有负面影响（p=0.035）。
尽管 COVID-19 与 CRF 之间没有关系，但那些认为 COVID-19 对 CRF 有负面影响的人报告说，他们的身体活动更多。
