Home-based workouts in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: the influence of Fitness YouTubers' attributes on intentions to exercise

Purpose: Home-based workouts via fitness YouTube channels have become more popular during the pandemic era. However, few studies have examined the role of social media personae related to intention to exercise. The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships between fitness YouTuber attributes: perceived physical attractiveness (PPA), perceived social attractiveness (PSA), perceived similarity (PS), parasocial relationships (PSRs), wishful identification (WI), physical outcome expectations (POEs), and continuous intention to work out with fitness YouTubers (CIWFY). Design/methodology/approach: This study considered fitness YouTube channel viewers as the unit of analysis. An online survey was conducted to empirically develop and test the research model using structural equation modeling (SEM). Findings: The SEM empirical findings revealed that the PSRs were significantly influenced by PSA, PPA, and PS. Also, WI was significantly affected by PPA and PS. Furthermore, POEs were significantly impacted by PPA and PSRs. POEs affected the CIWFY. Lastly, PSRs and POEs mediated the influence of PSA and PPA on the CIWFY. Originality/value: The psychological impacts of exercising to online fitness videos in the era of COVID-19, with its untact (no contact) social norms is timely. The study model demonstrated the fitness YouTube viewers' cognitive path from perceptions toward fitness YouTubers' attributes to behavioral intention. To be specific, the current study demonstrated how three attribution types (i.e. PPA, PSA, and PS) of fitness YouTubers affect viewers' PSRs and WI with fitness YouTubers, along with POEs and CIWFY. Along with health practitioners, fitness YouTubers who want to captivate viewers on their channels might need to consider self-attributes from their viewers' standpoint and should build psychological bonding with viewers. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Internet Research is the property of Emerald Publishing Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Assessment Of Covid-19 Vaccination Literacy And Post Vaccination Effects Among Vaccinated Population: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study

BACKGROUND: A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 has become a public health priority. However only a few studies have been conducted to investigate the post vaccination symptoms and awareness among the public about the vaccination. This study aimed to assess the COVID-19 vaccination literacy and post vaccination effects among the vaccinated population in India. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of the adult population in India. Data was collected through an online anonymous questionnaire. We used Google forms an online survey platform, to publish the questionnaire and manually generated the answer URL link to the eligible candidates. RESULTS: A total of 533 responses were collected. Among the participants, 463 (86.90%) were aged between 18 and 40 years old. Of which 289 (54.2%) were male and 244 (45.8%) were female participants. Among the respondents 374 (70.2%) completed both the doses of vaccine. 498 (93.4%) participants took the vaccination willingly and 35 (6.6%) participants were forced to get vaccinated. Body ache 327 (61.4%), Fever 307 (57.6%), headache 211 (39.6%) and alopecia 70 (14%) were the most commonly reported post vaccination symptoms. CONCLUSION: Overall, our study demonstrated that there was a high willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine in India and the rate of infection with COVID-19 has been reduced after vaccination which proves that the vaccine is efficient. The rate of people getting hospitalized due COVID-19 has been drastically reduced. Cold, cough, mild hypersensitivity reactions were also been reported as post vaccination symptoms and no serious adverse effects were reported so far due to vaccination which proves that the vaccine is safe. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results is the property of ResearchTrentz and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Perception of medical students to "NEW NORMAL" and its Reflection on their studies during COVID 19

Objective: To find the effectiveness of online teaching and its reflection on their academics during COVID19 pandemic in basic medical science. Study Design: Cross Sectional Descriptive study. Setting: University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad. Period: March 2019 to November 2021. Material & Methods: A total of 531 undergraduate MBBS & BDS (1st & 2nd year) students were included. A questionnaire was designed and shared online in Google classroom to get students' feedback. The data obtained was analyzed on SPSS 25 by using ANOVA and Chi-Square Tests. Results: 62.76% students declared that learning in physical classrooms is more understandable than e-learning, while 58% students were satisfied with this transformation of online teaching and secured better grades in e-assessments, while 69% students agreed with the fact that on campus assessment is more productive. According to our results 68.24% students preferred physical teaching and assessment methodology and 67.11% students agreed that team work with peers is more productive in on campus classes than e-classes. Conclusion: We investigated various aspects of e-learning experience of medical students and found a mixed opinion. By improving our infrastructure and using modern techniques we can make online medical education system more effective and productive for our students in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Professional Medical Journal is the property of Professional Medical Journal and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

PREDICTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COVID-19 CASE IN INDONESIA BASED ON GOOGLE TREND ANALYSIS

The global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has recently hit many countries around the world. Indonesia is one of the 10 most affected countries. Search engines such as Google provide data on search activity in a population, and this data may be useful for analyzing epidemics. Leveraging data mining methods on electronic resource data can provide better insights into the COVID-19 outbreak to manage health crises in every country and around the world. This study aims to predict the incidence of COVID-19 by utilizing data from the Covid 19 Task Force and the Google Trends website. Linear regression and long-term memory (LSTM) models were used to estimate the number of positive COVID-19 cases. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Eduvest: Journal Of Universal Studies is the property of Green Publisher and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)