COVID-19对身体活动和心理健康的影响:一种混合方法的方法
Wai Tung Hung1, Vaughan Bell1,2, Keri Ka-Yee Wong1
1University College London, London, UK.
Journal of health psychology
|September 14, 2024
概括
身体活动 (PA) 与心理健康有关. 这项研究探讨了PA,焦虑,抑郁,孤独和社会处方 (SP) 的可行性,发现抑郁与较低的PA相关. 这些建议解决了SP参与挑战.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会处方 在社会处方方面.
背景情况:
- 身体活动 (PA) 影响心理健康,但其与焦虑,抑郁和孤独的关系需要进一步调查.
- 社会处方 (SP) 是一种新兴的干预措施,但人们的看法和可行性仍未得到充分研究.
- 由于COVID-19大流行对健康行为和心理健康产生了重大影响,因此需要对这些动态进行研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究身体活动 (PA),焦虑,抑郁和自我认知的孤独之间的复杂关系.
- 探索社会处方 (SP) 作为心理健康干预措施的可行性和看法.
- 了解COVID-19大流行背景如何影响这些关系和干预采用.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法方法,结合了UCL-Penn全球COVID研究 (N=1037) 的定量数据和定性访谈.
- 从第1波 (2020年4月至7月) 的调查数据和对21名英国成年人的深度访谈 (第4波,2022年3月至8月) 的分析.
- 参与者被分为低 (n=15) 或高 (n=6) 的PA水平在第1波.
主要成果:
- 在第1波的抑郁症与较低体力活动 (PA) 的更高几率显著相关 (OR=1.05,p=0.02).
- 高和低PA组都确定了COVID-19的威胁,政策影响和提高心身意识是关键因素.
- 定性数据提供了关于这些协会的"如何"和"为什么"以及对SP的看法的见解.
结论:
- 抑郁症是与身体活动减少相关的重要因素,突出了干预的关键目标.
- 了解参与者的观点,包括与大流行有关的焦虑和心身联系,对于有效的社会处方 (SP) 至关重要.
- 提出了五个可行的建议,以加强参与,克服社会处方倡议中的挑战.
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