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An Assessment of the Novel COVISTRESS Questionnaire: COVID-19 Impact on Physical Activity, Sedentary Action and Psychological Emotion.
Ugbolue, Ukadike Chris; Duclos, Martine; Urzeala, Constanta; Berthon, Mickael; Kulik, Keri; Bota, Aura; Thivel, David; Bagheri, Reza; Gu, Yaodong; Baker, Julien S; Andant, Nicolas; Pereira, Bruno; Rouffiac, Karine; Clinchamps, Maëlys; Dutheil, Frédéric.
  • Ugbolue UC; Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
  • Duclos M; Institute for Clinical Exercise & Health Science, School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, South Lanarkshire G72 0LH, Scotland, UK.
  • Urzeala C; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G11XQ, UK.
  • Berthon M; Department of Sport Medicine and Functional Exploration, University Hospital CHU G. Montpied, INRA, UNH, CRNH Auvergne, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • Kulik K; Sports and Motor Performance Department, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, National University of Physical Education and Sports, 060057 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Bota A; LaPSCo, Catech, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • Thivel D; Health and Physical Education Program, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Bloomington, IN 47405-1006, USA.
  • Bagheri R; Department of Teaching Staff Training, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, National University of Physical Education and Sports, 060057 Bucharest, Romania.
  • Gu Y; Laboratory of Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise under Physiological and Pathological conditions (AME2P), Université Clermont Auvergne, CRNH Auvergne, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • Baker JS; Department of Exercise Physiology, University of Isfahan, 8174673441 Isfahan, Iran.
  • Andant N; Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
  • Pereira B; Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China.
  • Rouffiac K; Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health, Centre for Health and Exercise Science Research, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 999077, Hong Kong, China.
  • Clinchamps M; Biostatistics Unit, DRCI, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • Dutheil F; Biostatistics Unit, DRCI, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
  • On Behalf Of The Covistress Network; Preventive and Occupational Medicine, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
J Clin Med ; 9(10)2020 Oct 19.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-906453
ABSTRACT
Globally the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has triggered an economic downturn and a rise in unemployment. As a result, global communities have had to face physical, health, psychological and socio-economical related stressors. The purpose of this study was to assess and report the impact of isolation and effect of coronavirus on selected psychological correlates associated with emotions. Following ethical approval, a mixed methods observational study was conducted using the validated COVISTRESS questionnaire. Two observational study scenarios were evaluated namely "Prior" to the COVID-19 outbreak and "Currently", i.e., during the COVID-19 pandemic. 10,121 participants from 67 countries completed the COVISTRESS questionnaire. From the questionnaire responses only questions that covered the participant's occupation; sociodemographic details, isolation and impact of coronavirus were selected. Further analyses were performed on output measures that included leisure time, physical activity, sedentary time and emotions. All output measures were evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) with an intensity ranging from 0-100. Descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Spearman correlational analysis were applied to the leisure time, physical activity, sedentary time and emotional feeling datasets; p = 0.05 was set as the significance level. Both males and females displayed similar output measures. The Wilcoxon signed rank test showed significant differences with respect to "Prior" COVID-19 and "Currently" for sedentary activity (Z = -40.462, p < 0.001), physical activity (Z = -30.751, p < 0.001) and all other emotional feeling output measures. A moderate correlation between "Prior" COVID-19 and "Currently" was observed among the Males (r = 0.720) in comparison to the Females (r = 0.639) for sedentary activity while weaker correlations (r < 0.253) were observed for physical activity and emotional feeling measurements, respectively. Our study reported incremental differences in the physical and psychological output measures reported, i.e., "Prior" COVID-19 and "Currently". "Prior" COVID-19 and "Currently" participants increased their sedentary habits by 2.98%, and the level of physical activity reduced by 2.42%, depression levels increased by 21.62%, anxiety levels increased by 16.71%, and stress levels increased by 21.8%. There were no correlations (r) between leisure, physical activity and sedentary action (i.e., "Prior" = -0.071; "Currently" = -0.097); no correlations (r) between leisure physical activity and emotion (i.e., -0.071 > r > 0.081) for "Prior"; and poor correlations (r) between leisure, physical activity and sedentary action (i.e., -0.078 > r > 0.167) for "Current". The correlations (r) between sedentary action and emotion for "Prior" and "Currently" were (-0.100 > r > 0.075) and (-0.040 > r > 0.041) respectively. The findings presented here indicate that the COVISTRESS project has created awareness in relation to the physical and psychological impact resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings have also highlighted individual distress caused by COVID-19 and associated health consequences for the global community.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: English Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Jcm9103352