The Impact of the New Coronavirus Disease on University Students: Anxiety, Health Anxiety, and Physical Activity
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Aim: Epidemics in the past have shown that anxiety and health concerns were common at pandemic. Physical activity has an important role in mental health and cognitive function. Staying at home for a long period of time is probably lead to reduced regular physical activity, established sedentary behaviors. The aim of this study is to determine the level of physical activity, health-related anxiety, and anxiety levels and the relationship between them in university students during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Method: The study was carried out with 190 health sciences faculty students. International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form to determine the level of physical activity, Beck Anxiety Inventory to determine the anxiety level, and Health Anxiety Inventory-Short to determine the health anxiety level were used. All data were collected online.
Results: In this study, 153 female (mean age: 20.82±1.541 years), 37 male (mean age: 21.22±2.760 years) students participated. Male students were significantly more active (p=0.022). While the level of health anxiety was found to be higher in both female and male students who went to the hospital (respectively, p=0.006, p=0.055), the level of anxiety was only higher in female students (p=0.006). There was a moderate negative correlation between walking activity level and anxiety level in male students (p=0,013;r=-0,406).
Conclusion: It was found that even an easily accessible activity, such as walking, has a positive effect on anxiety and concluded that it should be encouraged. Indoor or outdoor exercise programs should be encouraged, especially for female students who are more sedentary than males.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Yeni Koronavirüs Hastalığının Üniversite Öğrencileri Üzerindeki Etkisi: Kaygı, Sağlık Kaygısı ve Fiziksel Aktivite
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Amaç: Geçmişteki salgınlar, pandemide kaygı ve sağlık endişelerinin yaygın olduğunu göstermiştir. Fiziksel aktivitenin zihinsel sağlık ve bilişsel işlevde önemli bir rolü vardır. Salgın döneminde olduğu gibi uzun süreli evde kalmak, düzenli fiziksel aktivitenin azalmasına, yerleşmiş hareketsiz davranışlara yol açabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, COVID-19 nedeniyle yaşanan salgında üniversite öğrencilerinde fiziksel aktivite düzeyi, sağlıkla ilgili kaygı ve kaygı düzeylerini ve bunların aralarındaki ilişkiyi belirlemektir.
Gereç ve yöntemler: Çalışma, sağlık bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinden 190 kişi ile gerçekleştirildi. Fiziksel aktivite düzeyini belirlemek için Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi-kısa form, kaygı düzeyini belirlemek için Beck Anksiyete Envanteri, sağlık kaygısı düzeyini belirlemek için Sağlık Anksiyetesi Envanteri-Kısa formu kullanıldı. Tüm veriler çevrimiçi olarak toplandı.
Bulgular: Bu çalışmaya 153 kadın (ort. yaş: 20.82 ± 1.541 yıl) ve 37 erkek (ort. yaş: 21.22 ± 2.760 yıl) öğrenci katılmıştır. Erkek öğrenciler anlamlı olarak daha aktifti (p=0.022). Hastaneye başvuran hem kadın hem de erkek öğrencilerde sağlık kaygısı düzeyi anlamlı olarak yüksek bulunurken (sırasıyla, p=0.006, p=0.055), yalnızca kadın öğrencilerde kaygı düzeyi daha yüksekti (p=0.006). Erkek öğrencilerde yürüme aktivite düzeyi ile kaygı düzeyi arasında negatif yönlü orta düzeyde korelasyon vardı (p=0,013; r=-0,406).
Sonuç: Çalışma sonucunda yürüme gibi kolay ulaşılabilir bir aktivitenin bile kaygı üzerinde olumlu etkisi olduğu bulunmuş ve teşvik edilmesi gerektiği sonucuna varılmıştır. Salgında özellikle erkeklere göre daha inaktif olan kız öğrenciler için egzersiz programları teşvik edilmelidir
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
- Ministry of Health, Turkey. https://covid19bilgi.saglik.gov.tr/tr/. Access date: 24.04.2023
- Jalloh MF, Li W, Bunnell RE, Ethier KA, O’Leary A, Hageman KM, et al. Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015. BMJ Global Health. 2018; 3: e000471.
- Main A, Zhou Q, Ma Y, Luecken LJ, Liu X. Relations of SARS-related stressors and coping to Chinese college students' psycho-logical adjustment during the 2003 Beijing SARS epidemic. J Couns Psychol. 2011; 58(3):410‐423.
- APA Dictionary of Psychology. https://dictionary.apa.org/anxiety. Access date: 20.04.2023
- Rask CU, Gehrt TB, Rimwall MK, Frost-holm L. Health Anxiety Conceptualization and Future Directions. Zeitschrift für Psyc-hologie, 2020. 228(2): 141-144.
- Cao W, Fang Z, Hou G, Han M, Xu X, Dong J, Zheng J. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college stu-dents in China. Psychiatry Res. 2020; 287: 112934.
- Jungmann SM, Witthöft M. Health anxi-ety, cyberchondria, and coping in the cur-rent COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety? J Anxi-ety Disord. 2020; 73:102239.
- Lee SA, Mathis AA, Jobe MC, Pappalar-do EA. Clinically significant fear and anxi-ety of COVID-19: A psychometric examina-tion of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale. Psychiatry Res. 2020; 290:113112.
- Chen P, Mao L, Nassis GP, Harmer P, Ainsworth BE, Li F. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions. J Sport Health Sci. 2020; 9(2):103‐104.
- Kandola A, Vancampfort D, Herring M, Rebar A, Hallgren M, Firth J, et.al. Moving to Beat Anxiety: Epidemiology and Thera-peutic Issues with Physical Activity for Anxiety. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2018 Jul 24;20(8):63.
- Sahu P. Closure of Universities Due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact on Education and Mental Health of Students and Academic Staff. Cureus. 2020; 12(4): e7541.
- Saglam M, Arikan H, Savci S, Inal-Ince D, Bosnak-Guclu M, Karabulut E, et al. In-ternational Physical Activity Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Ver-sion. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2010; 111(1): 278–284.
- Aydemir O, Kirpinar I, Sati T, Uykur B, Cengisiz C. Sağlık Anksiyetesi Ölçeği’nin Türkçe için güvenilirlik ve geçerlilik çalış-ması. Nöropsikiyatri Arşivi. 2013; 50(4): 325-331.
- Österman S, Axelsson E, Lindefors N, Hedman-Lagerlöf E, Hedman-Lagerlöf M, Kern D, et al. The 14-item short health anxiety inventory (SHAI-14) used as a scre-ening tool: appropriate interpretation and diagnostic accuracy of the Swedish version. BMC Psychiatry. 2022; 22(1): 022-04367
- Ulusoy M, Hisli Şahin N, Erkmen H. Turkish Version of the Beck Anxiety Inven-tory: Psychometric Properties. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy:An International Quarterly. 1998; 12.
- Fritz CO, Morris PE, Richler JJ. Effect size estimates: current use, calculations, and interpretation. Journal of experimental psychology: General. 2012; 141(1): 2.
- Barğı G, Şahin E, Çimenli Ç. Uzamış Covid-19 Pandemisi Sürecinde Uzaktan Eğitim Gören Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Stres, Anksiyete, Depresyon ve Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi. Izmir Democracy University Health Sciences Jo-urnal 4.2, 2021: 159-168.
- Antunes R, Frontini R, Amaro N, Salva-dor R, Matos R, Morouço P, et.al. Exploring Lifestyle Habits, Physical Activity, Anxiety and Basic Psychological Needs in a Sample of Portuguese Adults during COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jun 18;17(12):4360.
- Didin M, Yavuz B, Gezgin Yazıcı H. Covid-19’un Öğrencilerin Stres, Anksiyete, Depresyon, Korku Düzeylerine Etkisi: Sis-tematik Derleme. Psikiyatride Güncel Yak-laşımlar 14.1 (2022): 38-45.
- Özdin S, Bayrak Özdin Ş. Levels and predictors of anxiety, depression and health anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic in Tur-kish society: The importance of gender. International journal of social psychiatry, 2020, 66.5: 504-511.
- Arikan Yorgun M, Öner S, Nurbanu Mendi Z, Yıldız Taşçı Y, Toklu Y. Diyabe-tik Retinopati Hastalarında COVID-19 Sal-gını Kaynaklı Anksiyetenin Retina Kliniği Takiplerine Etkisinin Değerlendirilmesi. MN Opthalmolog. 2023; 30(2): 101-106.
- Jakobsson J, Malm C, Furberg M, Ekelund U, Svensson M. Physical Activity During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pan-demic: Prevention of a Decline in Metabolic and Immunological Functions. Front Sports Act Living. 2020 Apr 30; 2:57.
- Stubbs B, Vancampfort D, Rosenbaum S, Firth J, Cosco T, Veronese N, et al. An examination of the anxiolytic effects of exercise for people with anxiety and stress-related disorders: A meta-analysis. Psychi-atry Research. 2017; 249:102-108.
- Stubbs B, Koyanagi A, Hallgren M, Firth J, Richards J, Schuch F, et.al. Physical acti-vity and anxiety: A perspective from the World Health Survey. J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 15; 208:545-552.
- Wolf S, Seiffer B, Zeibig JM, Welkerling J, Brokmeier L, Atrott B, et.al. Is Physical Activity Associated with Less Depression and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pande-mic? A Rapid Systematic Review. Sports Med. 2021 Aug; 51(8): 1771-1783.
- Kajtna T, Vučković V. Effect of decrea-se of physical activity on depression and anxiety after the COVID-19 lockdown: A survey study. Front. Psychol., 2022; 13
Ayrıntılar
| Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
|---|---|
| Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
| Bölüm | Araştırma Makaleleri |
| Yazarlar | |
| Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Ekim 2023 |
| Gönderilme Tarihi | 15 Mayıs 2023 |
| Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2023 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3 |
Kaynak Göster
SAĞLIK PROFESYONELLERİ ARAŞTIRMA DERGİSİ / JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RESEARCH /J HEALTH PRO RES