COVID-19大流行降低了心肺健康:行业3年后续研究
Øivind Skare1, Asgeir Mamen2, Marit Skogstad1
1National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Box 5330 Majorstuen, 0304 Oslo, Norway.
Journal of cardiovascular development and disease
|January 22, 2024
概括
工业工人经历了最大氧气吸收 (V ̇O2max) 和体力活动的下降,以及三年来休息心率 (RHR) 的增加,这可能与COVID-19大流行有关.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和健身 职业健康和健身 职业健康和健身
- 监测心血管健康的监测
- 身体活动的流行病学.
背景情况:
- 评估心肺呼吸能力 (CRF) 和体力活动的变化对于工业工人的健康至关重要.
- 这项研究调查了3年时间内最大氧气吸收 (V ̇O2max),静止心率 (RHR) 和中度至强度体力活动 (MVPA) 的趋势.
- 随访期间包括COVID-19大流行,这是一个潜在影响健康行为的重要环境因素.
研究的目的:
- 在3年的随访期间,确定工业工人V ̇O2max,RHR和自我报告的休时间MVP的变化.
- 评估包括COVID-19流行病在内的3年期间对关键心血管健康指标的影响.
主要方法:
- 2018年8月和2021年8月对86名工业工人进行了心肺呼吸能力 (CRF) 评估.
- 测量包括V ̇O2max,RHR和脂肪质量 (%). 休时间的MVPA是两次自我报告.
- 根据基线年龄,性别,包装年,轮班工作,工厂关闭和实际年龄进行调整的线性混合模型被用于分析变化.
主要成果:
- V ̇O2max从基线时的39.6mL/kg/min显著降低到随访时的34.0mL/kg/min (5.6mL/kg/min减少).
- 休息心率 (RHR) 从每分钟61.3次增加到每分钟64.4次.
- 自我报告的每周MVPA下降了43.9分钟.
结论:
- 在工业工人中观察到心肺健康 (V ̇O2max) 和体力活动的显著下降,加上RHR的增加.
- 这些发现表明,在研究期间,身体不活动的趋势可能会被COVID-19大流行所加剧.
- 对于工业人口来说,对CRF和MVPA的纵向监测至关重要,特别是在公共卫生危机期间.
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