Impacts of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on leisure and transportation physical activity among healthcare workers.
Prev Med Rep
; 38: 102587, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to reduced physical activity (PA) in health care workers (HCWs).Objective:
To evaluate leisure and transport-related PA in HCW of a COVID-19-dedicated hospital during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:
This is a cross-sectional study with a sample of 1,527 HCWs. Socioeconomic aspects, occupational characteristics, and engagement in leisure and transport-related PA were investigated through an online survey administered in August of 2020.Results:
More than 80 % HCWs performed < 150 min/week of leisure-related PA, and 85 % performed ≤ 30 min/day transport-related PA. Being male was associated with more PA (OR 1.93; 95 % CI1.40-2.66) and transport-related PA; working in nursing, physical therapy, and cleaning/housekeeping services was associated with low PA (OR 0.70; 95 % CI0.51-0.95). Physicians and administrative staff were less active in transport-related PA.Conclusions:
HCWs working in a COVID-19 hospital had low levels of PA in the domains of leisure and transportation.
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