Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived cardiorespiratory fitness in athlete patients.
PM R
; 14(5): 561-568, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1718441
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), as one of the most potent prognostic factors in medicine, is followed longitudinally to guide clinical management. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related changes in lifestyle stand to influence CRF.OBJECTIVE:
To assess the influence of the pandemic on perceived CRF in athlete patients and evaluate how perceived CRF change was related to demographics, pre-pandemic measured CRF, and current physical activity (PA).DESIGN:
Prospective cohort study, utilizing electronic survey.SETTING:
Tertiary care sports cardiology clinical practice.PARTICIPANTS:
Adult athlete patients without COVID-19 with pre-pandemic measured CRF using cardiopulmonary exercise testing.INTERVENTIONS:
Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Perceived change in CRF since pandemic onset; association between perceived CRF change and demographics, PA, health status, and pre-pandemic measured CRF assessed via analysis of variance (ANOVA).RESULTS:
Among 62 participants (male 71%, 50.1 ± 12.1 years old), 40% (25/62) reported no change and 32% (20/62) reported an increase in perceived CRF since pandemic onset. Among the 27% (17/62) who reported a decrease in perceived CRF, in most (12/17), this was characterized as only mild. Demographics and pre-pandemic measured CRF did not differ across groups of perceived CRF change. Participants with a moderate or greater decrease in perceived CRF regarded their overall health (via Euro Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale) as worse than other groups (ANOVA, p = .001). Although total PA was similar across groups, those who had improvement in perceived CRF reported higher levels of moderate intensity PA (ANOVA, p = .008).CONCLUSIONS:
The majority of participants perceived that they had maintained or improved CRF over the pandemic. Findings from this study suggest that a reduction in perceived CRF from pre-pandemic values in athletic patients in clinical practice may not result from population-wide pandemic changes in lifestyle. Worse health status and lower levels of moderate intensity PA were associated with perceived reduction in CRF over the pandemic in athlete patients.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
PM R
Journal subject:
Physical Medicine
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Rehabilitation
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Traumatology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Pmrj.12800
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