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The effect of physical activity level on mental health through COVID-19 pandemic

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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 Teaching methods in physical, physical and health education.

Abstract

Individuals' overall health and quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic were impacted, especially the level of physical activity(PA). Social distancing healthy and confinement procedure took part in individual`s lifestyle and their daily routine, hence, their health. This study aimed to investigate (PA) level of the Saudi adults during COVID-19 pandemic confinement that have an impact on their mental health. Furthermore, this study is exploring changes in the lifestyle behaviors, health and mental health attributed to the gender variable. A self-reported across-sectional questionnaire was spread online on a sample of (280) Saudi adults(n:160, 57.1%: females, n:120, 42.9%: males). Some variables were collected: The demographic data(through) a self-completed DCI, mental health was assessed by WHO-5, the (PA) level ( by using IPAQ), and body mass index (BMI) (based 0n self-reported weight (kg) and height(cm). Statistical analysis: means, frequencies and percentages were used to present results. Also, Chi-Square test for categorical variables, and one –way ANOVA test was used to compare between the groups. Likewise, Pearson correlation analysis was used to examine the relationships between (PA) and mental health. The results of this study revealed that individuals at the high level of (PA) (16.4 ± 3.8) recorded higher results in the state of mind index than people did of the average level of PA (14.2 ± 5.0) (p<0.0001) as well as higher than people with low PA (122) 5.5 ± 4.7) where the differences were also morally significant (P<0.0001). Males showed a higher level of PA than females. This study concluded that during COVID-19 quarantine, factors such as (PA) and sleeping patterns were allied with steady and healthy state of mind among Saudi adults. One  of the recommendation of the study is to encourage Saudi adults to engage in PA by using appropriate media tools to spread the instruction of these practices using.

DOI

10.21608/eijssa.2024.373118

Keywords

KEYWORDS: COVID-19 Pandemic, Physical activity, Mental health, lifestyle behaviors

Authors

First Name

Laila F

Last Name

Alkilani

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Affiliation

Department of Physical Sport Sciences, College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Email

lfalkilani@pnu.edu.sa

City

Saudi Arabia

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First Name

Mo'ath F.

Last Name

Bataineh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Sport Rehabilitation, College of Physical Education and Sport Science, Hashemite University, Jordan.

Email

mfmbataineh@gmail.com

City

Jordan

Orcid

-

First Name

Ali M.

Last Name

Al-Nawaiseh

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Sport Rehabilitation, College of Physical Education and Sport Science, Hashemite University, Jordan

Email

nawaiseh_a@yahoo.com

City

Jordan

Orcid

-

First Name

Hashem

Last Name

Kilani

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Kinesiology, school of sport science, the university of jordan

Email

hashemkilani@gmail.com

City

jordan

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-

First Name

Norma A.

Last Name

Slim

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Saudi Arabia Cultural Mission/ Academic Advisor. USA

Email

drnormaslim@yahoo.com

City

Jordan

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Volume

27

Article Issue

1

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49765

Issue Date

2024-07-01

Receive Date

2024-08-11

Publish Date

2024-07-01

Page Start

20

Page End

39

Print ISSN

3009-7401

Online ISSN

2356-9417

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https://eijssa.journals.ekb.eg/article_373118.html

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373,118

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Original Article

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1,147

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Publication Title

International Journal of Sports Science and Arts

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https://eijssa.journals.ekb.eg/

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The effect of physical activity level on mental health through COVID-19 pandemic

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Created At

25 Dec 2024