Smart technology for physical activity and health assessment during COVID-19 lockdown

Stella, Alex Buoite; Ajčević, Miloš; Furlanis, Giovanni; Cillotto, Tommaso; Menichelli, Alina; Accardo, Agostino; Manganotti, Paolo

doi:10.23736/s0022-4707.20.11373-2

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“…Only one study [ 20 ] used smart devices to automatically and directly collect the data. Another study [ 23 ] used smart devices to measure the number of daily performed steps, but measurements were self-reported by study participants. Concerning the questionnaire used to assess the level of PA, only eight studies (34.8%) administered the validated IPAQ or IPAQ-SF; Assaloni et al [ 12 ] administered the Godin Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire and the remainders did not use validated questionnaires.…”

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Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review

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Toselli

Barbieri

2021

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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a general lockdown in Italy, one of the most affected countries at the beginning of the outbreak, between 9 March and 3 May 2020. As a consequence, Italian citizens were confined at home for almost two months, an unprecedented situation, which could have negative effects on both psychological and physical health. The aim of this study was to review the published papers concerning the effects of the lockdown on physical activity and the consequences on general health. As expected, most studies highlighted a significant reduction in the amount of performed physical activity compared to before lockdown, in both the general population and in individuals with chronic conditions. This fact had negative consequences on both general health, in terms of increased body mass, and on specific chronic conditions, especially obesity and neurological diseases.

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Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review

Zaccagni

Toselli

Barbieri

2021

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“…To better assess post-COVID autonomic dysfunction, all questions were adapted to refer to the period after COVID-19, and improvements/worsening were evaluated comparing the time of the visit with the time when the dysautonomic symptoms appeared. A pilot testing was conducted on 10 post-COVID patients (not included in this study) on two separate occasions 14 days apart, according to previous surveys development [21][22][23] to investigate the reliability of the adapted version of the questionnaire employing a test-retest correlation that confirmed the appropriate reliability (Pearson's r > 0.900, p < 0.01). The total score of COMPASS-31 and domains score were computed according to the original instructions [19].…”

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Autonomic dysfunction in post-COVID patients with and witfhout neurological symptoms: a prospective multidomain observational study

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The autonomic nervous system (ANS) can be affected by COVID-19, and dysautonomia may be a possible complication in post-COVID individuals. Orthostatic hypotension (OH) and postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have been suggested to be common after SARS-CoV-2 infection, but other components of ANS function may be also impaired. The Composite Autonomic Symptom Scale 31 (COMPASS-31) questionnaire is a simple and validated tool to assess dysautonomic symptoms. The aim of the present study was to administer the COMPASS-31 questionnaire to a sample of post-COVID patients with and without neurological complaints. Participants were recruited among the post-COVID ambulatory services for follow-up evaluation between 4 weeks and 9 months from COVID-19 symptoms onset. Participants were asked to complete the COMPASS-31 questionnaire referring to the period after COVID-19 disease. Heart rate and blood pressure were manually taken during an active stand test for OH and POTS diagnosis. One-hundred and eighty participants were included in the analysis (70.6% females, 51 ± 13 years), and OH was found in 13.8% of the subjects. Median COMPASS-31 score was 17.6 (6.9–31.4), with the most affected domains being orthostatic intolerance, sudomotor, gastrointestinal and pupillomotor dysfunction. A higher COMPASS-31 score was found in those with neurological symptoms (p < 0.01), due to more severe orthostatic intolerance symptoms (p < 0.01), although gastrointestinal (p < 0.01), urinary (p < 0.01), and pupillomotor (p < 0.01) domains were more represented in the non-neurological symptoms group. This study confirms the importance of monitoring ANS symptoms as a possible complication of COVID-19 disease that may persist in the post-acute period.

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“…Objective measures were less common and were used in only 12.8% of the examined studies. Different smart technologies were used to identify PA patterns; two times activity trackers [50,51] and accelerometers [52,53] were used, one time a mobile application was used [64] and one time a mixed methodology was used (next to the objective measurement self-report measure International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short form also employed to collect additional information) [65]. The majority (35 studies) of the studies used subjective, self-reported but generally before-validated questionnaires (e.g., International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Questionnaire).…”

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Changes in Workers’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background: COVID-19 has changed the world and strongly affected the health of the people and the quality of their life. These changes might impact employees’ physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). This study aimed to summarize the literature focusing on the COVID-19-caused changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior among the adult working population. Methods: Literature searches were conducted in June 2021 using multiple electronic databases. The following keywords and synonyms were used during the searching process: physical activity, sedentary behavior, COVID-19, employee. After the data cleaning process (duplicates, inclusion criteria), the title and the abstract of all manuscripts from the searches were screened independently by two reviewers. Results: Thirty-nine manuscripts were selected as a result of the searching process. Of these, 5 were SB related, 15 were PA related and 19 addressed both PA and SB. There were longitudinal (10), cross-sectional (28) and a case study (1) in the selected manuscripts. The majority of studies were conducted in the USA (6) and Europe (18), and four studies examined the PA and/or SB in multiple countries. The majority (34 studies) of the studies used subjective, self-reported, but mostly before-validated questionnaires. Objective measures were less common and used only 12.8% of the examined studies. Moreover, 76.4% of the studies described an overall decrease in the amount of PA during the COVID-19 pandemic. In three cases, researchers observed an increase in PA among the workers. Five studies reported no significant changes in the amount of PA during the pandemic. As far as SB is concerned, 18 out of 24 of the studies reported an overall increase in the amount of SB between the two periods. Four manuscripts reported no significant change in the amount of SB, and there was only one manuscript in the examined studies that reported an overall decrease in the SB time before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion: There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic, including lockdown and work from home (WFH) policies, impaired the PA and SB level of the populations. This period has delivered an important message for the adult working population as well. They should be as active as possible and avoid high levels of SB and uninterrupted sitting time. Therefore, organizations, policies and public health bodies should motivate workers, especially office workers, to be more active and interventions must be developed to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 on PA and SB.

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Smart technology for physical activity and health assessment during COVID-19 lockdown

Cited by 49 publications

References 37 publications

Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review

Physical Activity during COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy: A Systematic Review

Autonomic dysfunction in post-COVID patients with and witfhout neurological symptoms: a prospective multidomain observational study

Changes in Workers’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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