How Did Online Learning Affect Physiotherapy Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Abstract

Objective
 The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected almost all
 areas of life, has had serious effects on education
 as well. This study aimed to investigate the effects
 of the online education process on physical
 activity, perseverance, and coronaphobia among
 undergraduate physiotherapy students during
 COVID-19 pandemic.
 Material and Method
 A total of 185 undergraduate physiotherapy students
 were included in the study. Physical activity level
 was assessed with the International Physical Activity
 Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), perseverance
 with the Short Perseverance Scale (Grit-S), and
 coronaphobia with the COVID-19 Fear Scale. In
 addition, the perceived changes in physical activity
 and perseverance levels during the pandemic
 were evaluated. The academic performance was
 determined with the grade point average (GPA).
 Results
 It was determined that most of the students perceived
 a decrease in their physical activity (82.7%) and
 perseverance (69.2%) levels. There was a moderate
 positive correlation between GPA and COVID-19
 Fear Scale score (rho:0.407, p