The relationship between changes in exercise habits and psychosomatic activities in older hypertensive patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hypertens Res
; 46(1): 208-213, 2023 01.
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| ID: mdl-36229528
ABSTRACT
We conducted a one-year follow-up study to determine the temporal change in exercise habits and the related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in older hypertensive patients. A total of 190 patients were 76.1 ± 5.7 years, and 44.7% (n = 85) were male. One-hundred fifty-one and 138 patients had exercise habits at baseline and a year later, respectively (p = 0.053). We categorized patients based on the change in exercise habits (at baseline/a year later) Group A +/+ (n = 122); Group B +/- (n = 29); Group C -/+ (n = 16); and Group D -/- (n = 23). In women, the geriatric depression scale and the incidence of falls in a year were higher in group B (n = 18) than (n = 61) in group A. Such a trend was not observed in men. In conclusion, although exercise habit in older hypertensive patients was well-maintained in our survey, reduced physical activity was associated with depression and risk of fall only in women.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Hypertens Res
Journal subject:
ANGIOLOGIA
Year:
2023
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Article
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