Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic may be having many psychological impacts on people, at both an individual and a community level. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the relationship between the weekly frequency of physical activity and levels of stress among Brazilian adults during social distancin...
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| author | Edina Maria de Camargo Thiago Silva Piola Letícia Pechnicki dos Santos Edilson Fernando de Borba Wagner de Campos Sergio Gregorio da Silva |
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| description | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic may be having many psychological impacts on people, at both an individual and a community level. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the relationship between the weekly frequency of physical activity and levels of stress among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the interaction of sex in this association. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study with a descriptive approach conducted at a public university in Curitiba (PR), Brazil. METHODS: 2,000 Brazilian adults (average age 36.4 years; 59.6% women) were recruited according to convenience through digital media. They filled out a questionnaire in electronic format that asked for sociodemographic information, health data, food consumption data, weekly frequency of physical activity and stress levels on the 10-item Kessler psychological distress scale. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: Associations were observed for the following correlations: male sex * no physical activity (odds ratio (OR): 4.35; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.14-16.67); female sex * physical activity 4 or 5 times a week (OR: 7.86; 95% CI: 2.28-27.05); female sex * physical activity 3 times a week (OR: 7.32; 95% CI: 2.09-25.58); female sex * physical activity 1 or 2 times a week (OR: 14.57; 95% CI: 4.28-49.57); and female sex * no physical activity (OR: 24.17; 95% CI: 7.21-80.97). CONCLUSION: The lower the weekly frequency of physical activity during the period of social distancing was, the greater the chances of having stress levels were, especially for women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-117b02584e0d4e228260f7f75c3feeb32022-12-22T04:12:25ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-94602021-06-01139432533010.1590/1516-3180.2020.0706.r1.0802021Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional studyEdina Maria de Camargohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2127-2606Thiago Silva Piolahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6081-0510Letícia Pechnicki dos Santoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-5191Edilson Fernando de Borbahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9399-1098Wagner de Camposhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-1017Sergio Gregorio da Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0714-1338ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic may be having many psychological impacts on people, at both an individual and a community level. OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the relationship between the weekly frequency of physical activity and levels of stress among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the interaction of sex in this association. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study with a descriptive approach conducted at a public university in Curitiba (PR), Brazil. METHODS: 2,000 Brazilian adults (average age 36.4 years; 59.6% women) were recruited according to convenience through digital media. They filled out a questionnaire in electronic format that asked for sociodemographic information, health data, food consumption data, weekly frequency of physical activity and stress levels on the 10-item Kessler psychological distress scale. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses were used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: Associations were observed for the following correlations: male sex * no physical activity (odds ratio (OR): 4.35; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.14-16.67); female sex * physical activity 4 or 5 times a week (OR: 7.86; 95% CI: 2.28-27.05); female sex * physical activity 3 times a week (OR: 7.32; 95% CI: 2.09-25.58); female sex * physical activity 1 or 2 times a week (OR: 14.57; 95% CI: 4.28-49.57); and female sex * no physical activity (OR: 24.17; 95% CI: 7.21-80.97). CONCLUSION: The lower the weekly frequency of physical activity during the period of social distancing was, the greater the chances of having stress levels were, especially for women.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802021000400325&tlng=enEpidemiologyPandemicsExerciseSARSStressPhysical activity |
| spellingShingle | Edina Maria de Camargo Thiago Silva Piola Letícia Pechnicki dos Santos Edilson Fernando de Borba Wagner de Campos Sergio Gregorio da Silva Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study São Paulo Medical Journal Epidemiology Pandemics Exercise SARS Stress Physical activity |
| title | Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Frequency of physical activity and stress levels among Brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus (COVID-19): cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | frequency of physical activity and stress levels among brazilian adults during social distancing due to the coronavirus covid 19 cross sectional study |
| topic | Epidemiology Pandemics Exercise SARS Stress Physical activity |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802021000400325&tlng=en |
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