TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults
T2 - a cross-sectional study
AU - Farah, Breno Quintella
AU - do Prado, Wagner Luiz
AU - Malik, Neal
AU - Lofrano-Prado, Mara Cristina
AU - de Melo, Paulo Henrique
AU - Botero, Joao Paulo
AU - Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
AU - de Almeida Correia, Marilia
AU - Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes
N1 - © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l., part of Springer Nature 2021.
PY - 2021/3/27
Y1 - 2021/3/27
N2 - Social isolation due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has reduced physical activity levels in both men and women. The identification of barriers to physical activity may assist in developing strategies to increase levels of physical activity during this pandemic. The study aim was identify the barriers to regular participation in physical during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian adults. This cross-sectional study included 1570 [56.6% women; aged: 39.1 (37.7–40.7) years old] in social isolation due COVID-19. Barriers to physical activity were obtained using the validated questionnaires. “Laziness and fatigue” (50.2%), “lack of motivation” (31.2%), “lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space” (17.4%), and “lack of time” (13.0%) were the barriers most prevalent in the study. Lack of motivation (OR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.19–1.86) and lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space (OR = 2.11; 95% CI = 1.57–2.83) were most associated with impacting physical activity levels due to the COVID-19, independent of sex, age, education level, days of social isolation and status weight. In conclusion, personal barriers to physical activity are common between both sexes, with lack of motivation and lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space most associated with a decreased level of physical activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - Social isolation due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has reduced physical activity levels in both men and women. The identification of barriers to physical activity may assist in developing strategies to increase levels of physical activity during this pandemic. The study aim was identify the barriers to regular participation in physical during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian adults. This cross-sectional study included 1570 [56.6% women; aged: 39.1 (37.7–40.7) years old] in social isolation due COVID-19. Barriers to physical activity were obtained using the validated questionnaires. “Laziness and fatigue” (50.2%), “lack of motivation” (31.2%), “lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space” (17.4%), and “lack of time” (13.0%) were the barriers most prevalent in the study. Lack of motivation (OR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.19–1.86) and lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space (OR = 2.11; 95% CI = 1.57–2.83) were most associated with impacting physical activity levels due to the COVID-19, independent of sex, age, education level, days of social isolation and status weight. In conclusion, personal barriers to physical activity are common between both sexes, with lack of motivation and lack of appropriate facilities/equipment/space most associated with a decreased level of physical activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - Adults
KW - Barriers
KW - Coronavirus infections
KW - Physical activity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103376960&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11332-020-00724-5
DO - 10.1007/s11332-020-00724-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 33815618
AN - SCOPUS:85103376960
SN - 1824-7490
VL - 17
SP - 441
EP - 447
JO - Sport Sciences for Health
JF - Sport Sciences for Health
IS - 2
ER -
