Nível de estresse e humor em estudantes de Educação Físicano último ano de graduação / Nivel de estrés y de humor en estudiantes en estudiantes de Educación Física en el último año de graduación / Stress and mood level in Physical Education studentsin thelast year of graduation

RESUMO: Introdução: As dificuldades e a pressão do último ano da graduação podem afetar negativamente a saúde mental de estudantes universitários. Objetivo: Verificar o nível de estresse e humor em estudantes de Educação Física no último ano de graduação. Métodos: A amostra foi composta por 38 estudantes (idade: 25,51 ± 4,24 anos), concluintes do curso de Educação Física. Para análise do nível de estresse e humor foram utilizados os questionários da Escala de Percepção de Estresse PSS14 e a Escala de humor de Brunel, respectivamente. Resultados: O teste inferencial não paramétrico de Friedman verificou que há diferença significativa (p<0,001) entre os níveis de estresse: Nunca (4,94%), Quase nunca (15,02), Às vezes (23,87), Pouco frequente (23,46) e Muito frequente (32,72) e entre as respostas ao questionário de humor (p=0,026) com: Nada (38,27), Pouco (17,65), Moderadamente (16,23), Bastante (14,36) e extremamente (13,49). Conclusão: Diante dos resultados da investigação, concluímos que os participantes do estudo se apresentaram em condições de estresse, entretanto não expuseram perda de humor.

RESUMEN: Introducción: Las dificultades y la presión del último año de graduación pueden afectar negativamente la salud mental de los estudiantes universitarios. Objetivo: Verificar el nivel de estrés y estado de humor en los estudiantes de Educación Física en su último año de graduación. Métodos: La muestra consistió en 38 estudiantes (25,51 ± 4,24 años), graduados del curso de Educación Física. Para el análisis del nivel de estrés y estado de ánimo, se utilizaron los cuestionarios de la Escala de percepción del estrés PSS14 y la escala del estado de ánimo de Brunel, respectivamente. Resultados: La prueba inferencial no paramétrica de Friedman encontró que existe una diferencia significativa (p<0,001) entre los niveles de estrés Nunca (4,94%), Casi nunca (15,02), A veces (23,87), Poco común (23,46) y Muy frecuente (32,72) y entre las respuestas al cuestionario de estado de ánimo (p = 0,026) con Ninguno (38,27), Poco (17,65), Moderado (16,23), Bastante (14, 36) y extremadamente (13,49). Conclusión: en vista de los resultados de la investigación, concluimos que los participantes del estudio estaban en condiciones de estrés, sin embargo, no mostraron pérdida de humor.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The difficulties and pressure of the last year of graduation can negatively affect the mental health of university students. Objective: To verify the level of stress and mood in Physical Education students in the last year of graduation. Methods: The sample consisted of 38 students (age: 25,51 ± 4,24 years), graduating from the Physical Education course. Stress Perception Scale questionnaires PSS14 and Brunel's mood scale, respectively, were used to analyze the level of stress and mood. Results: Friedman's non-parametric inferential test found that there is a significant difference (p<0,001) between stress levels: Never (4,94%), Almost Never (15,02), Sometimes (23,87), Uncommon (23,46) and Very frequent (32,72) and among the responses to the mood questionnaire (p=0,026) with: Nothing (38,27), Little (17,65), Moderately (16,23), Quite (14,36) and Extremely (13,49). Conclusion: In view of the results of the investigation, we concluded that the study participants were in conditions of stress, however they did not exhibit loss of mood.

Brazil before and during COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on the practice and habits of physical exercise.

INTRODUCTION: The goal of this study was to investigate the practice and habits of physical exercise impact due to COVID-19 social isolation before and during the outbreak in Brazil and its mains macro-regions, which have social and economic disparities. METHODS: This is an observational cross-sectional study through an online questionnaire survey. A self-administered survey (PEF-COVID19) was applied in the Brazilian general population, age ≥ 18 years. T-test for independent samples and Chi-square tests were used to compare Brazil and different macro-regions, p˂0.05. RESULTS: 1,977 participants filled the survey and 1,845 were included; 80% of the included ones were in social isolation. In general, the self-related physical exercise practice before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and exercise characteristics were highly affected by the pandemic (p˂0.05). Sedentary behavior increased significantly (14.9 vs. 29.8%) and between the active ones, the frequency of PEx per week and duration of the PEx practice decreased significantly. The motivation to exercise also changed considering performance and health before and during the pandemic, respectively (10 vs. 5.6% and 72.4 vs. 79.1%). Also, the sample started to exercise less in the night and more in the afternoon, respectively (33.7 vs. 25.3% and 19.1 vs. 31.5%). CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic highly influenced the physical exercise practice and habits (frequency, duration, motivation, period to exercise) in Brazil and its main macro-regions. These results can be used to create measures, as home-based exercise programs, to avoid the harm of sedentary behaviors and mental health impact during and after the pandemic.