Home Confinement during COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Physical Activity but Not Health-Related Quality of Life in Previously Active Older Women

Autor/inn/en	Teixeira do Amaral, Vanessa; Roque Marçal, Isabela; da Cruz Silva, Thiago; Bianchi Souza, Fernanda; Volpato Munhoz, Yacco; Witzler, Pedro Henrique Camprigher; Monge Soares Correa, Matheus; Fernandes, Bianca; Gomes Ciolac, Emmanuel
Titel	Home Confinement during COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Physical Activity but Not Health-Related Quality of Life in Previously Active Older Women
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 48 (2022) 6, S.250-259 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
DOI	10.1080/03601277.2022.2031725
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Physical Activity Level; Quality of Life; Older Adults; Females; Foreign Countries; Attitudes; Behavior; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensqualität; Älterer Erwachsener; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Brasilien
Abstract	We investigate the effect of COVID-19 home confinement on levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in older women previously participating in exercise and educational programs. Our hypothesis was that home confinement would result in a reduction in levels of physical activity, an increase in sedentary behavior, and a reduction in HRQL. Sixty-four older women (age = 72 ± 5 yrs) under home confinement who participated in a physical exercise/educational program had their levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and HRQL assessed before and during (11 to 13 weeks after the introduction of government recommendations to reduce virus transmission) COVID-19 pandemic. There were significant reductions in total physical activity (-259 METs/week, P = 0.02), as a result of a ~17.0% reduction in walking (-30.8 min/week, P = 0.004) and ~41.8% reduction in vigorous-intensity activity (-29.6 min/week, P < 0.001). Sedentary behavior also increased (2.24 h/week, P < 0.001; 1.07 h/week days, P < 0.001; and 1.54 h/weekend days, P < 0.001). However, no significant change occurred in moderate-intensity physical activity, and HRQL domains and facets, except for an improvement in the environment domain. Home confinement due to COVID-19 pandemic decreased levels of physical activity and increased levels of sedentary behavior in previously active older women. However, there were no significant changes in HRQL. These results suggest that educational programs promoting healthy behaviors may attenuate the impact of home confinement in older women. (As Provided).
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