Association Between Current Physical Activity and Current Perceived Anxiety and Mood in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Confinement

López‐Bueno, Rubén; Calatayud, Joaquín; Ezzatvar, Yasmín; Casajús, José Antonio; Smıth, Lee; Andersen, Lars L.; Sánchez, Guillermo Felipe López

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00729

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“…Curiously enough and contrary to what literature may have led us to expect ( Cheval et al., 2020 ; López-Bueno et al., 2020 ; Stanton et al., 2020 ), going out for a walk and performing physical exercise are not useful factors for the prevention of stress, anxiety and depression and can even be worsening factors with regards to the risk of PTSD. This could be explained by the worries caused by leaving the house and by the restrictions imposed during periods of lockdown.…”

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The psychological impact of COVID-19 and restrictive measures in the world

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The psychological impact of COVID-19 and restrictive measures in the world

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“…Specifically, a study carried out during the first 3 weeks of confinement found that the odds of having a higher level of health risk behaviors (a change toward a higher number of health risk behaviors than before the confinement) decreased during the confinement, suggesting that the Spanish adult population may have adapted to the new situational context by gradually improving their health behaviors (López-Bueno et al, 2020a). For instance, the same researchers found significant inverse associations between overall adherence to physical activity and current perceived anxiety, proposing that higher levels of perceived anxiety and worse mood might be mitigated by a minimum amount of weekly physical activity, which increased in the confinement context (López-Bueno et al, 2020b).…”

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Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health and Well-Being During the COVID-19: The Spanish Case

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has hit almost all countries around the globe, seriously affecting the welfare of populations. Spain is especially hard-hit. In this context, the purpose of the present study is to analyze social, demographic, and economic correlates of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the population residing in Spain.MethodThe sample of this cross-sectional study was comprised of 801 participants aged 18 or older and residing in Spain. Data collection was carried out during March and April 2020. Data of mental health (GHQ12) and well-being (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) indicators, and those of a wide number of social, demographic, and economic variables were recorded. Linear regression models were built to value associations between mental health and social, demographic, and economic indicators.ResultsMental health morbidity was higher in women, younger people, individuals with medium studies, people with fewer children, singles, students, and unemployed individuals. Positive affect was higher among women, people with a high level of studies, those not co-living with dependent seniors, the self-employed, the employed, and those working outside home. Negative affect was negatively associated with age and number of children and was higher among women, people with basic studies, singles, individuals co-living with dependent seniors, homemakers, and students.ConclusionThe most vulnerable populations were found to be women, younger people, people with basic or medium studies, students and individuals with no remunerated activities, single populations, and those co-living with dependent seniors as well as those with a reduced number of children.

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“…Furthermore, recent studies have observed a significant reduction in physical activity levels of adults during the Covid-19 confinement (15,16). Moreover, such studies have found that adults experiencing higher reductions in physical activity levels or performing lower levels of physical activity during the Covid-19 pandemic have poor mental health and well-being (17,18). Indeed, similar associations observing poorer mental health as a consequence of a reduction of physical activity levels due to the Covid-19 confinement might also exist for children and adolescents.…”

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Health-Related Behaviors Among School-Aged Children and Adolescents During the Spanish Covid-19 Confinement

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In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) world pandemic, affected countries such as Spain enacted measures comprising compulsory confinement as well as restrictions regarding free movement. Such measures likely influence children's and adolescents' lifestyles. Our study aimed to investigate the impact that the Covid-19 confinement has on health-related behaviors (HRBs) among Spanish children and adolescents. An online survey was administered to 516 parents to collect data about 860 children and adolescents (49.2% girls) aged between 3 and 16 years in relation to physical activity, screen exposure, sleep time, and fruit and vegetable consumption during the Covid-19 confinement. Respectively, t-paired test and t-test between groups served to check differences between HRBs levels before and during the confinement as well as between strict and relaxed confinement. Significant differences were found for a reduction of weekly minutes of physical activity during the confinement (−102.5, SD 159.6) (p < 0.001), an increase of daily hours of screen exposure (2.9, SD 2.1) (p < 0.001), and a reduction of daily fruit and vegetable consumption (−0.2, SD 1.6) (p < 0.001). Sleep time showed a significant difference between strict and relaxed confinement (−0.3, SD 0.1) (p < 0.05), whereas binomial logistic regression adjusted for covariates (age, sex, education of the parents, siblings, current condition, exposure to Covid-19, and previous health risk behavior) showed significantly lower odds for screen exposure risk behavior with relaxed confinement (OR 0.60, 95%CI 0.40-0.91). The present study suggests that Covid-19 confinement reduced physical activity levels, increased both screen exposure and sleep time, and reduced fruit and vegetable consumption. Therefore, most HRBs worsened among this sample of Spanish children and adolescents. Closure of schools, online education, and the lack of López-Bueno et al. Health-Related Behaviors Among Young policies addressing the conciliation between labor and family life could have played an important role in HRBs worsening among pupils, which might be mitigated with adequate conciliation policies, parental guidance, and community support.

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Association Between Current Physical Activity and Current Perceived Anxiety and Mood in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Confinement

Abstract: with both lower current perceived anxiety and lower current perceived worse mood among a sample of Spanish adults.

Cited by 135 publications

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The psychological impact of COVID-19 and restrictive measures in the world

The psychological impact of COVID-19 and restrictive measures in the world

Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health and Well-Being During the COVID-19: The Spanish Case

Health-Related Behaviors Among School-Aged Children and Adolescents During the Spanish Covid-19 Confinement

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