Cargando…

Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland

Background and objectives: It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic impaired people’s moods and general levels of physical activity, but the way in which each country is coping with the situation may result in different outcomes. The aim of the present study was to compare the mental health...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Puccinelli, Paulo J., Costa, Taline S., Seffrin, Aldo, de Lira, Claudio A. B., Vancini, Rodrigo L., Knechtle, Beat, Nikolaidis, Pantelis T., Andrade, Marilia S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33429989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010048
_version_ 1783640705234632704
author Puccinelli, Paulo J.
Costa, Taline S.
Seffrin, Aldo
de Lira, Claudio A. B.
Vancini, Rodrigo L.
Knechtle, Beat
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.
Andrade, Marilia S.
author_facet Puccinelli, Paulo J.
Costa, Taline S.
Seffrin, Aldo
de Lira, Claudio A. B.
Vancini, Rodrigo L.
Knechtle, Beat
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.
Andrade, Marilia S.
author_sort Puccinelli, Paulo J.
collection PubMed
description Background and objectives: It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic impaired people’s moods and general levels of physical activity, but the way in which each country is coping with the situation may result in different outcomes. The aim of the present study was to compare the mental health and physical activity levels between residents of Brazil and Switzerland during the social distancing period associated with COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire aiming to assess personal, quarantine, physical activity, and mood state disorders data was answered by 114 participants (57 from each country) of both sexes. Results: Swiss participants presented a higher frequency of people (47.4%) not abiding by social distancing measures compared to Brazilian participants (1.8%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.56). There were no significant differences between the participants from the two countries regarding physical activity levels (p = 0.09). The Swiss presented a higher frequency (78.9%) of people without symptoms of depression compared to Brazilians (31.6%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.48). The Swiss also presented a higher frequency (77.2%) of people without symptoms of anxiety compared to Brazilians (35.1%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.43). There was a significant association between the restriction level and depression symptoms (p = 0.01, effect size = 0.25) but not with anxiety symptoms (p = 0.21, effect size = 0.16). Conclusions: According to the preliminary results, Brazilians presented a much higher frequency of depression and anxiety symptoms, which can be explained by characteristics other than the restriction level.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7827202
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-78272022021-01-25 Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland Puccinelli, Paulo J. Costa, Taline S. Seffrin, Aldo de Lira, Claudio A. B. Vancini, Rodrigo L. Knechtle, Beat Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. Andrade, Marilia S. Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and objectives: It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic impaired people’s moods and general levels of physical activity, but the way in which each country is coping with the situation may result in different outcomes. The aim of the present study was to compare the mental health and physical activity levels between residents of Brazil and Switzerland during the social distancing period associated with COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire aiming to assess personal, quarantine, physical activity, and mood state disorders data was answered by 114 participants (57 from each country) of both sexes. Results: Swiss participants presented a higher frequency of people (47.4%) not abiding by social distancing measures compared to Brazilian participants (1.8%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.56). There were no significant differences between the participants from the two countries regarding physical activity levels (p = 0.09). The Swiss presented a higher frequency (78.9%) of people without symptoms of depression compared to Brazilians (31.6%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.48). The Swiss also presented a higher frequency (77.2%) of people without symptoms of anxiety compared to Brazilians (35.1%; p < 0.001, effect size = 0.43). There was a significant association between the restriction level and depression symptoms (p = 0.01, effect size = 0.25) but not with anxiety symptoms (p = 0.21, effect size = 0.16). Conclusions: According to the preliminary results, Brazilians presented a much higher frequency of depression and anxiety symptoms, which can be explained by characteristics other than the restriction level. MDPI 2021-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7827202/ /pubmed/33429989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010048 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Puccinelli, Paulo J.
Costa, Taline S.
Seffrin, Aldo
de Lira, Claudio A. B.
Vancini, Rodrigo L.
Knechtle, Beat
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T.
Andrade, Marilia S.
Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title_full Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title_fullStr Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title_full_unstemmed Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title_short Physical Activity Levels and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preliminary Results of a Comparative Study between Convenience Samples from Brazil and Switzerland
title_sort physical activity levels and mental health during the covid-19 pandemic: preliminary results of a comparative study between convenience samples from brazil and switzerland
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33429989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57010048
work_keys_str_mv AT puccinellipauloj physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT costatalines physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT seffrinaldo physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT deliraclaudioab physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT vancinirodrigol physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT knechtlebeat physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT nikolaidispantelist physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland
AT andrademarilias physicalactivitylevelsandmentalhealthduringthecovid19pandemicpreliminaryresultsofacomparativestudybetweenconveniencesamplesfrombrazilandswitzerland