Association between loneliness, physical activity, and participation in physical education among adolescents in Amazonas, Brazil

Pinto, André de Araújo; Asante, Kwaku Oppong; Barbosa, Rita Maria dos Santos Puga; Nahas, Markus Vinicius; Dias, Duana Torquato; Pelegrini, Andréia

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“…Frömel et al [ 65 ] provided similar results, demonstrating that the least depressive symptoms (DS) and the highest well-being were observed in boys and girls with high PA levels in the dimension of recreational PA, which has been highly limited due to sanitary restrictions. In turn, Pinto et al [ 66 ] found PI and not participating in PE classes increased loneliness, and SB and PI were associated with anxiety and DS [ 67 ]. Strong, consistent evidence was found for the relationship between both DS and leisure screen time, particularly when that screen time accounts for more than 2 or 3 h per day [ 68 ].…”

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Comparison of Physical Activity Levels in Youths before and during a Pandemic Lockdown

Bronikowska

Krzysztoszek²,

Łopatka³

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to compare physical activity (PA) levels before and during a pandemic lockdown among adolescent Polish youths in relation to meeting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommendations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and identify potential environmental factors that may affect these levels. An online survey tool that included validated measures of adolescents’ MVPA and socio-environmental, potential confounders was administered to youths (e.g., lack of classmates, motivation, possibility of choosing any physical exercise time, possibility of choosing your own exercises, home environment). The analytic sample comprised 127 adolescents aged 15.4 ± 0.5 years on average (52% girls and 48% boys). The results highlight that among adolescents who did not meet the WHO MVPA recommendations before the lockdown, 13.4% had an increased frequency of PA (from 2.9 to 5.4 day/week) (p = 0.01) during the lockdown. In the group who did meet these recommendations before the lockdown, 50% significantly decreased their level of MVPA below the WHO’s recommendations (p = 0.01). Self-rated health for PA showed a significantly strong correlation with MVPA in the group of students who met the WHO recommendations before the pandemic (r = 0.76; p < 0.05) but failed to maintain that recommendation during the COVID-19 restriction. The results suggest a negative impact of the pandemic on PA undertaken by youths. Based on these results we see the need for increased action by both Physical Education (PE) teachers and parents to motivate and support youngsters in taking up systematic PA consciously.

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Comparison of Physical Activity Levels in Youths before and during a Pandemic Lockdown

Bronikowska

Krzysztoszek²,

Łopatka³

et al. 2021

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“…17 In 100,839 male and female Brazilian adolescents, Werneck et al 18 noted higher levels of physical activity and decreased sitting time were associated with lower social isolation. In another Brazilian adolescent cohort, Pinto et al 19 found PA and not participating in physical education classes increased loneliness. For adolescents, social interactions and friendships significantly influence PA behaviors, 20,21 a factor that has assuredly been negatively impacted by shelter in place and social distancing mandates as a result of COVID-19.…”

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A tale of two pandemics: How will COVID-19 and global trends in physical inactivity and sedentary behavior affect one another?

Hall

Laddu

Phillips

et al. 2021

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

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Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

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“…These effects are not peculiar to older people. Even among adolescents, loneliness is associated with physical inactivity (Pinto et al, 2019). Thus distancing threatens to aggravate feelings of loneliness that likely will produce negative long-term health consequences in many vulnerable people.…”

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Human needs in COVID-19 isolation

Matias

Dominski

Marks³

2020

J Health Psychol

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To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the World Health Organization and the majority of governments have recommended that the entire human population should 'stay-at-home'. A significant proportion of the population live alone or are vulnerable to mental health problems yet, in the vast majority of cases, individuals in social isolation have no access to mental healthcare. The only resource is people themselves using self-help, self-medication and self-care. During prolonged COVID-19 isolation, an in-built system of homeostasis can help rebalance activity, thought and feeling. Increased physical activity enables a reset of physical and mental well-being. During periods of lockdown, it is recommended that exercise should be as vigorously promoted as social distancing itself.

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Association between loneliness, physical activity, and participation in physical education among adolescents in Amazonas, Brazil

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Comparison of Physical Activity Levels in Youths before and during a Pandemic Lockdown

Comparison of Physical Activity Levels in Youths before and during a Pandemic Lockdown

A tale of two pandemics: How will COVID-19 and global trends in physical inactivity and sedentary behavior affect one another?

Human needs in COVID-19 isolation

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