Physical Activity Levels and Mental Illness Risk in Elderly Women during COVID-19

Samuel Gonçalves Almeida da Encarnação; Osvaldo Costa Moreira; Beatriz Woyames Ferreira de Castro Pinto; Cíntia Neves de Miranda; Daniele Pereira da Silva Araújo; Felipe Soares Tomaz Pereira; Sthéfany Lemos Fazolo; Miguel Araújo Carneiro-Júnior

doi:10.6063/motricidade.27174

Physical Activity Levels and Mental Illness Risk in Elderly Women during COVID-19

Autores/as

Samuel Gonçalves Almeida da Encarnação Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Osvaldo Costa Moreira Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal
Beatriz Woyames Ferreira de Castro Pinto Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Cíntia Neves de Miranda Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Daniele Pereira da Silva Araújo Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Felipe Soares Tomaz Pereira Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Sthéfany Lemos Fazolo Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Miguel Araújo Carneiro-Júnior Universidade Federal de Viçosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27174

Palabras clave:

mental health, aging, COVID-19 pandemic, physical inactivity

Resumen

This research aimed to verify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental illness risk (MIR) and confirm the association of PA levels with MIR in elderly women during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experimental longitudinal study involved 44 elderly women aged 67.3± 5.3 years. The SRQ-20 and IPAQ were applied from February 2020 to February 2021, prior to the onset and during the pandemic. Significant increase (242%) of positive responses to MIR between the two periods (p= 0.002, February: 7 vs August: 17, (X² (1)= 8.51; p= 0.003, RR= 3.02). Regarding PA levels, there was a significant increase (566%) with a large effect size (ES) in the number of elderly women with low PA levels, from 3 in February to 20 in August, p= 0.0001, V= 1. There was a significant reduction (450%) with high ES of 18 elderly women with high levels of PA from February to 4 in August, p= 0.0001, V= 1. An inverse correlation was identified, with moderate ES between the levels of MIR and PA during the pandemic, r= -0.40, R2= 0.16. The COVID-19 pandemic caused an increase in the MIR of elderly women with a moderate inverse association with PA levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biografía del autor/a

Osvaldo Costa Moreira, Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal

Bacharel e Licenciado em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Especialista em Musculação e Personal Trainning pela Universidade Castelo Branco. Mestre em Educação Física pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Atualmente, é professor Assistente 2 do Curso de Educação Física
da Universidade Federal de Viçosa - Campus Florestal. Membro e pesquisador do grupo de pesquisa em Atividade Física e Saúde da Universidade Federalde Viçosa - Campus Florestal. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física, com ênfase em Atividade Física e Saúde, Fisiologia do Exercício, Avaliação Física e Funcional, Treinamento de Força e Fatores de Risco Cardiovascular.

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2022-06-30

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Encarnação, S. G. A. da, Moreira, O. C., Castro Pinto, B. W. F. de, Miranda, C. N. de, Silva Araújo, D. P. da, Pereira, F. S. T., … Carneiro-Júnior, M. A. (2022). Physical Activity Levels and Mental Illness Risk in Elderly Women during COVID-19. Motricidade, 18(2), 225–229. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.27174

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Vol. 18 Núm. 2 (2022): III SINAL - International Symposium on Physical Activity and Combat Sports

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