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- Title
KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS AND IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE LOCKDOWN ON TRAINING, FITNESS AND PERSONAL PARAMETERS: A SURVEY OF NIGERIAN ATHLETES.
- Authors
Oke, Kayode Israel; Ogundiran, Olufemi Opeyemi; Mbada, Chidozie Emmanuel; Ogunkunle, Ekundayo
- Abstract
The study was to assess the knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of lockdown restrictions on training, fitness and personal parameters of Nigerian athletes. This cross-sectional study recruited 578 elite athletes through an online survey using WhatsApp platform. An adapted questionnaire was used to obtain information on awareness, knowledge and impact of COVID-19 on athletes' characteristics. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Alpha level was set at p ≤ 0.05. There was high level of awareness (100%) of COVID-19 pandemic among the respondents. The main source of awareness of COVID-19 was social media (68.4%). Some of the respondents (55.9%) had correct knowledge of COVID-19 causative organism. Age was significantly associated with knowledge about cause (X² = 85.361; p = 0.002) and spread (X² = 27.715; p = 0.023) of COVID-19 while gender was significantly associated with knowledge about the spread of the virus (X² = 4.083; p = 0.043). There were significant differences in physical fitness parameters (p < 0.05), eating pattern and body weight measures (p < 0.05), and general well-being (p = 0.001). Lockdown had negative impacts on hours of daily training, sleeping and eating patterns, physical fitness elements and the general well-being of the respondents.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; PHYSICAL fitness; COMPUTER surveys; REGULATION of body weight; FOOD habits; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Central European Journal of Sport Sciences & Medicine, 2021, Vol 34, Issue 2, p67
- ISSN
2300-9705
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18276/cej.2021.2-06