Introducción: La pandemia por COVID-19 desencadenó consecuencias graves en la salud tanto física como emocional de la población en general.
Objetivo: Describir los perfiles emocionales y los hábitos de actividad física, sueño, consumo de tabaco y alcohol en estudiantes de fisioterapia, en el contexto de la pandemia por COVID-19.
Método: Se llevó a cabo una encuesta transversal entre julio y agosto de 2021, a través de un formulario de Google forms. Se administró la escala PANAS para evaluar el afecto positivo y negativo, el cuestionario ICSP para evaluar la calidad del sueño y el cuestionario IPAQ-S para estimar el nivel de actividad física.
Resultados: Se incluyeron 60 estudiantes entre 17 y 22 años, principalmente del sexo femenino (71.7%). La mayoría de los participantes informó tener un bajo consumo de alcohol (43.3%) y tabaco (96.7%). Una mayor proporción reportó un nivel alto de actividad física (53.3%) y consideró que disminuyó después de que inició la pandemia de COVID-19 (76.7%). En cuanto a la calidad del sueño, la mayoría de los estudiantes reportaron dormir mal (66.7%). Identificamos un perfil emocional “positivo”, relacionado con afecto positivo, y tres perfiles relacionados con afecto negativo; “molesto”, “ansioso” y “culpable”.
Conclusiones: Basados en la descripción de los patrones de respuesta emocional y los hábitos de actividad física, sueño y consumo de alcohol y tabaco de los participantes, se sugiere establecer programas de apoyo psicológico, haciendo énfasis en el manejo de los recursos emocionales que tienen los estudiantes para enfrentar situaciones estresantes provocadas por el confinamiento durante la pandemia del COVID-19.
Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted physical and mental health worldwide. It is essential to continue exploring the population’s psychological manifestations and the pandemic’s impact on lifestyles (physical activity, quality of sleep). Objective. This research aimed to describe the relationship between affect (positive and negative) and physical activity (PA) in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on health sciences students from three universities in Mexico and Colombia. PA was assessed using the short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-S), and affects were measured using the PANAS index. A logistic regression model was used to assess the association between PA and affect. Results. We included 430 participants between 16 and 40 years. We found no differences between the male and female participants regarding age, weight (BMI), PA, or the number of hours of sitting per day. The monthly consumption of alcohol and tobacco was more frequent in males (p () .05), and women expressed having worse sleep quality (p () .05). Adjusting for the number of hours spent sitting per day, gender, BMI, age, sleep quality, smoking and alcohol consumption habits, participants reported having more positive affect when they engaged in greater PA. No association was found between PA and negative affect. Discussion and conclusion. Prioritizing mental health and assessments that determine the late impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being is critical. Promoting PA in university communities is considered a priority to positively impact students’ mental health and provide tools to facilitate coping.
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