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- Title
Changes in Physical Activity and Health Indicators among Koreans during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparison between 2019 and 2020.
- Authors
Kim, Kyungsik; Zhang, Shuai; Ding, Pan; Wang, Yongdi; Yim, Brain H.; Hu, Zheming; Sui, Sihong
- Abstract
This study aimed to compare the changes in physical activity (PA), chronic disease, and mental health indicators of Koreans before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, using raw data from more than 400,000 representative samples from the 2019–2020 Community Health Survey by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and to explore the correlations among them. We used two-way ANOVA to analyze changes and differences in PA and obesity levels. We assessed the influence of gender and recurrent PA using chi-square tests for mental health status and chronic disease. Finally, we performed a correlation analysis to determine the relationships among PA days, mental health, and chronic disease. The results showed that, compared to the levels before the COVID-19 period, moderate-intensity (Days: 1.415~1.217; Time: 114.688~107.321) and high-intensity (Days: 0.798~0.671; Time: 112.866~106.110) PA significantly decreased in Koreans during the COVID-19 period, while low-intensity (Time: 60.305~61.735) PA increased. Before and during the COVID-19 period, men (18,436 (8.1%)~16,124 (7.0%)) performed PA more regularly than women (13,207 (5.8%)~9382 (4.1%)). Compared to the number of regular PA participants before the COVID-19 period, regular PA participants (male, female) decreased from 31,643 (13.8%) to 25,506 (11.1%) during the COVID-19 period. Compared with the levels before the COVID-19 period, the experience rates of stress (3.1%~2.6%), depression (0.8%~0.6%), HBP (3.0%~2.2%), and diabetes (1.2%~0.9%) significantly changed under different levels of conventional PA intervention. In addition, the obesity rate during the COVID-19 period (23.957) was higher than it was before COVID-19 (23.477). During the COVID-19 period, the PA of Koreans was greatly restricted, but low-intensity PA was maintained and increased. PA is an effective activity for maintaining mental health and for preventing and reducing chronic diseases. Recommendations for appropriate intensity or a combination of high-, moderate-, and low-intensity PA should be based on the health status of Koreans to help them maintain mental health and to reduce the risk of chronic diseases during COVID-19 social distancing.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; PREVENTION of chronic diseases; CLINICAL medicine; COMMUNITY health services; MENTAL health; KEY performance indicators (Management); HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL sampling; INTERVIEWING; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; PRE-tests &; post-tests; ANALYSIS of variance; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); PHYSICAL activity; COVID-19 pandemic; OBESITY; MENTAL depression; DIABETES
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 12, p2549
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10122549