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- Title
The Relationship between the Hospital Discharging Duration of the Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 who had Ambulatory and Inpatient Treatment and the Frequency of Their Physical Activity before COVID-19.
- Authors
GÜVEN, Erkan; DEMİRCİ, Nevzat; TOPTAŞ DEMİRCİ, Pervin; UMUTLU, Gökhan
- Abstract
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the correlation between physical activity before pandemic and quarantine measures, hospitalization status and length of stay in patients infected with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Methods: A total of 638 people participated in the study. Of the participants 47.8% (n=305) were female and 52.2% (n=333) were male. Chi-square test was used to determine whether or not there was a correlation between hospitalization status and hospitalization duration and other variables. Results: It was found that there was no significant correlation between rates of hospitalization and gender (p>0.05). There was a significant correlation between the frequency of doing physical activity before COVID-19 and hospitalization status among patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 (p<0.05). As the number of days of being physically active decreased, the length of hospital stay increased. There was a significant correlation between the frequency of doing physical activity before COVID-19 and the duration of hospitalization in patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 (p<0.05). As the number of days of being physically active increased, the length of hospital stay decreased. Conclusion: Consequently, being physically active before the COVID-19 pandemic contributes to the prevention of hospitalization due to illness, shortening of hospitalization duration and a milder course of the disease.
- Subjects
COVID-19; PHYSICAL activity; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
Bezmialem Science, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 4, p400
- ISSN
2148-2373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14235/bas.galenos.2023.48568