Physical Activity Levels of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparison of Physical Activity Levels and Disease Attitudes of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 is an emergency situation which broke out from China in 2020. Health commitees and goverment set some rules and limit people's freedom to leave from their houses and it is called as 'social isolation'.Staying at home and disease bring about sedentary lifestyle, anxiety and depression and changed eating habits of all person. Hypertension is an important cardiovasculary risk factor and physical activity, stress managament are very important for disease control. In that study we aimed to assess hypertensive and healthy person's anxiety level, physical activity and qualit of life level during COVID-19 social isolation.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension; COVID; Social Isolation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Questionnaires

Detailed Description

COVID-19 is an emergency situation which broke out from China in 2020. Health commitees and goverment set some rules and limit people's freedom to leave from their houses and it is called as 'social isolation'. With social isolation people were restricted to go outside from house and with that they had to stay at home. Staying at home and disease bring about sedentary lifestyle, anxiety and depression and changed eating habits of all person. It was very dangerous especially chronically ill persons. Physical activity and exercise are keystones for managing cardiovasculary disease risk factors. Hypertension is important risk factor all around the world. Disease control is important to prevent complications. In that study, we aimed to assess hypertensive and healhty individuals' physical activity, anxiety, healthy lifestyle habits and quality of life with changed life condition during COVID-19 social isolation.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 80

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06230
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy population: Being adult and absence of any chronic disease and willing to participate to study

Hypertensive Population: Diagnosed with hypertension, being adult and willing to participate study

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Social and occupational restriction because of COVID-19 pandemic
• Not having speech and hearing problems
• To be cooperate
• Not having mental, neurological, orthopedic, cardiovascular or pulmonary problems that prevent physical activity

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of medical indications requiring complete restriction of physical activity
• Having symptoms of COVID-19 and suspected disease
• Coronavirus infection in the past month
• Concomitant history of cardiovascular disease

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Hypertensive; Diagnosis of hypertension	Behavioral: Questionnaires; Questionnaires: Physical therapists ask questions these assess quality of life, anxiety and depression, physical activity level.
Healthy; Healthy blood pressure level and absence of any chronic disease	Behavioral: Questionnaires; Questionnaires: Physical therapists ask questions these assess quality of life, anxiety and depression, physical activity level.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Physical Activity	Physical activity level assessed with International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long version. IPAQ long version asks work-related, transport, domestic and recreational physical activities. It categorizes physical activities vigorous, moderate and walking. It uses frequency and duration of activities. Every physical activity category has a point and better physical activity level is related with higher IPAQ scores.	2 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quality of Life Assesment	It will assess with Short form 36 questionnaire. It assesses quality of life and it contains different parameters for example body function, pain, physical and mental health etc. Each subscale is evaluated between 0-100 points. A higher score indicates the better health.	2 months
Evaluation of Individuals Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors	Healthy lifestyle behavior will asssess with Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale. The reliability and validity of the scale has been studied in Turkey. The lowest score that can be obtained from these three sub-dimensions is 26 and the highest score that can be obtained is 104.Positivite healthy lifestyles related with higher scores.	2 months
Anxiety and Depression Level	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will use.The HADS contains fourteen item. Seven of the items relate to anxiety and seven relate to depression. The anxiety and depression subscales each range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating higher anxiety/depression complains.	2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ebru Calik Kutukcu
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ebru Calik Kutukcu, PhD, Academic Staff

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 9, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): October 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 23, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 22, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical activity; quality of life; anxiety; hypertensive
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19
• Other Study ID Numbers: GO 20/610

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No