Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key

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Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Laura Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Grilo, Ana, Carolino, Elisabete, Tomás, Maria Teresa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/15131
Resumo: FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
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spelling Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the keyCOVID-19Mental healthPandemicPhysical activityPhysical therapistsFCT_UIDB/05608/2020FCT_UIDP/05608/2020FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.Introduction: Physical activity is essential for a healthy life and quality of life, representing a fundamental role in individuals' physical and mental health. Concomitantly, the physical therapist, through the promotion of physical activity and exercise, can improve mental health, an essential factor in the current pandemic, triggering anxiety, fear, and depression crisis. Objective: To verify physical activity among Portuguese physical therapists and its association with mental health during the pandemic times. Methods: An online questionnaire was applied through social media to all Portuguese physical therapists between October 21, 2021, and January 14, 2022. It contained general characterization questions of the sample, the IPAQ-SF questionnaire to assess physical activity levels, the Goldberg General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), which assesses the levels of mental health, and the WHO Well-Being Index (WHO-5) to assess subjective well-being. Results: The sample totaled 286 respondents (82% female), with a mean age of 33. Of the total answers, 82% practiced physical activity, 45% had moderate levels of physical activity, and 19% were vigorous. Physical therapists in these categories had lower values in the GHQ-28 and higher in the WHO-5. Those with better mental health also showed better subjective well-being (r = -0.571, p = 0.000). Conclusion: The data obtained showed that physical therapists mostly have moderate and vigorous levels of physical activity and that physical activity positively influences individuals' mental health and well-being, which proved to be a key factor due to the pandemic situation.Frontiers MediaRCIPLAlmeida, Laura CristinaGrilo, AnaCarolino, ElisabeteTomás, Maria Teresa2022-12-07T16:20:24Z2022-112022-11-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/15131engAlmeida LC, Grilo AM, Carolino E, Tomás MT. Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key. Front Public Health. 2022;10:986158.10.3389/fpubh.2022.986158info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T10:12:17Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/15131Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:22:51.318045Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
title Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
spellingShingle Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
Almeida, Laura Cristina
COVID-19
Mental health
Pandemic
Physical activity
Physical therapists
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
title_short Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
title_full Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
title_fullStr Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
title_sort Relationship between physical activity levels of Portuguese physical therapists and mental health during a COVID-19 pandemic: being active is the key
author Almeida, Laura Cristina
author_facet Almeida, Laura Cristina
Grilo, Ana
Carolino, Elisabete
Tomás, Maria Teresa
author_role author
author2 Grilo, Ana
Carolino, Elisabete
Tomás, Maria Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RCIPL
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Almeida, Laura Cristina
Grilo, Ana
Carolino, Elisabete
Tomás, Maria Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Mental health
Pandemic
Physical activity
Physical therapists
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
topic COVID-19
Mental health
Pandemic
Physical activity
Physical therapists
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
description FCT_UIDB/05608/2020. FCT_UIDP/05608/2020.
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2022-11
2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
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