Safety perception of gym attenders: A post 3rd covid-19 infection peak

• Autor(a) principal: Talina, Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Nayana, Franchini, Emerson, Marques, Marcelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Educação física/UEM (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/RevEducFis/article/view/66014
• topic: SARS-CoV-2; Physical activity; COVID-19; Resistance training; Gymnastics; SARS-CoV-2; Atividade física; COVID-19; Treinamento de resistência; Ginástica

In 2020, the COVID-19 virus arrived in Brazil and reached a large part of the national territory. Among the security measures to prevent the spread, non-essential businesses were closed, such as gyms. However, it is suggested that the practice of physical exercise can help prevent COVID-19. This study aimed to analyze the safety perception of individuals who goes to climatized gyms in the city of Manaus regarding the contagion of COVID-19 in these environments. A self-applied questionnaire was elaborated addressing psychosocial, health and behavioral aspects. Descriptive analyses were adopted to categorical and numerical variables. The association was tested by applying Pearson's Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. Significance was set at 5%. For 151 respondents, the perception of occupying space, satisfaction with the gym, fear of dying, self-perception of health and having a non-transmissible chronic disease were determining variables to present a greater or lesser perception of safety (p < 0.05 for all variables). Although the gyms comply with the recommendations of regulatory bodies, personal aspects influenced more the perception of safety when attending air-conditioned gyms in Manaus.