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- Title
Level of physical activity and quality of life in people after rehabilitation due to COVID-19.
- Authors
BAGIŃSKA, MAŁGORZATA; TOTA, ŁUKASZ; MORAWSKA-TOTA, MAŁGORZATA; PAŁKA, TOMASZ
- Abstract
Introduction. The government's public health recommendations to contain the spread of the coronavirus may have affected various areas of everyday life. Study aim. The aim of the study was to assess the level of physical activity and quality of life among people after rehabilitation due to COVID-19. Material and methods. The research comprised 200 people (110 women aged 50.4±14.8 years and 90 men aged 53.2±13.9 years) from selected medical facilities providing a post-COVID rehabilitation programme under the reimbursement of the National Health Fund (NFZ). Selected somatic indices were measured, on the basis of which BMI (Body Mass Index) and WHR (Waist-to-Hip Ratio) were calculated. The research was carried out using an original, authordesigned questionnaire. A shortened version of the IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire) was applied to assess the level of physical activity before and after the disease, and quality of life was assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF scale (World Health Organization Quality of Life Test-Bref). Results. In the opinion of 61.1% of the female respondents and 67.1% of the male respondents, their current level of physical activity differed from the period prior to the disease. Additionally, in the study group, it was shown that the quality of life among people prior to the rehabilitation was lowered, while 1/4 of the respondents considered it unsatisfactory. Conclusions. In the group of people infected with COVID-19, a decrease in the level of physical activity undertaken after rehabilitation was observed. Sars-CoV-2 resulted in a post-disease decrease in the quality of life of the subjects.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL activity; QUALITY of life; REHABILITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; BODY mass index
- Publication
Journal of Physical Education & Sport, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 5, p1306
- ISSN
2247-8051
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7752/jpes.2023.05160