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KMID : 1138720220480020099
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Korean Public Health Research
2022 Volume.48 No. 2 p.99 ~ p.110
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Factors related to reduced physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Yun Pil-Han
Woo Da-Rae
Park Sang-Shin
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to identify significant factors related to reduced physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: For this study, we used the data of 94,575 males and 110,298 females aged 19 years or older obtained from the 2020 Korean Community Health Survey. The dependent variable is the reduction of physical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Independent variables are factors related to physical activity participation in the previous studies. A chi-squared test was performed to examine simple relations, and a simple logistic regression analysis was carried out to determine the relevant factors. Then, a stepwise selection was applied to identify the independent variables with a value of p＜0.2 for multiple logistic regression analysis.
Results: Excluding the age group of the twenties, it was highly likely that a particular group of subjects had reduced physical activities. They were young, females, married, unemployed, obese, living in urban areas, living in apartments, had a high level of education, evaluated their subjective health condition average or poor, had much subjective stress, experienced depression, drank alcohol more than once a month, and did not have breakfast regularly.
Conclusions: As a variety of factors had a significant influence on reduced physical activities, the development of intervention strategies may be necessary.
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KEYWORD
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COVID-19, Pandemic, Social distancing, Physical activity, Exercise
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