Knowledge, attitude and practice of physical activity promotion among physiotherapists in India during COVID 19

Jadhav, Radhika; Gupta, Garima; Nataraj, Megha; Maiya, Arun G.

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2020.12.042

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“…Similar findings were obtained by Mota et al, who studied changes in eating habits, physical activity and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic among Brazilian healthcare workers (with physiotherapists accounting for 11% of the whole group of the respondents). It was found that nearly 54% of the study participants ceased regular exercise, 26% reduced the frequency of training, whereas almost 10% increased it [ 35 ]. In the Jadhav survey of Indian physiotherapists active during the pandemic, 70% of the respondents followed the WHO’s recommendations on the length of a week of moderate physical activity, while 30% devoted less than the advised 150 min per week to such activity [ 36 ].…”

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“…There are numerous reports on increased alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in the available literature [ 38 ], although our results showed that the majority of the participants in the self-study had remained at pre-pandemic levels. An upward trend was recorded, among others, in the group of Brazilian health workers in whom the consumption of alcoholic beverages, mainly beer and wine, increased by 27% during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 35 ]. A study published in Psychiatry Research indicates a link between higher alcohol consumption and younger age, male sex, and primary job loss due to COVID [ 39 ].…”

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“…Among Brazilian healthcare workers, 30% reported moderate difficulty falling asleep and 42% dissatisfaction with their current sleep patterns [ 35 ]. The results of a meta-analysis conducted by Salari et al indicate that the prevalence of sleep disorders among nurses working with COVID-19 patients was 35%, and among doctors working with COVID-19 patients, it was almost 42% [ 44 ].…”

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How did COVID-19 pandemic impact on healthy behaviours among Polish professionally active physiotherapists aged 20–50?

Gołuchowska,

Balcerzak,

Lipert

2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Due to the introduction of a number of changes to the health care system and the work nature of medical staff, theCOVID-19 pandemic still pose a public health challenge. The objective of the study was to characterize the health behaviours of Polish professionally active physiotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The study included 104 Polish licensed and professionally active physiotherapists in whom health behaviours were assessed using an original questionnaire contained, among others, questions from the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), available via social media platforms. Results Among the physiotherapists, 34% worked directly with COVID-19 patients and 49% with those who had survived COVID-19. There were no statistically significant differences in most of the rates of physical activity undertaken by the physiotherapists surveyed (P > 0.05). Men were more likely to report taking up movement-related physical activity than women (P > 0.05). However, they spent more time sitting or lying down on a typical day (P > 0.05). The average time spent on the above-mentioned physical activities was also higher among the male participants than in the group of women (P > 0.05). There was an increase in the proportion of physiotherapists working over 40 h per week, from 29% before the pandemic to 38% during the pandemic. Statistically significant differences were observed for the products constituting the basison which of the diet of the examined physiotherapists was based (P < 0.05). The majority of the respondents reported no problems with falling asleep (p > 0.05). Stress related to the risk of contracting COVID-19, as well as concerns about the health of loved ones were more common and severe in the group of female subjects (P < 0.05). Conclusions During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health behaviours in some physiotherapists changed. Further studies are required to assess whether physiotherapists’ health behaviours returned to baseline levels or slightly improved compared to the initial results. Also, it is necessary to introduce health-promoting initiatives that would focus on physiotherapists, support their positive health behaviours and provide special recommendations helping them to maintain health during a pandemic.

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