Yuta Suzuki|Noriaki Maeda|Daigo Hirado|Taizan Shirakawa|Yukio Urabe
Physical Activity Changes and Its Risk Factors among Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults during the COVID-19 Epidemic: Associations with Subjective Well-Being and Health-Related Quality of Life
Hiroshima University|Hiroshima University|Hiroshima University
psychological distress caused decreased physical activity pa growing concern among elderly due public health measures since coronavirus disease covid19 aimed 1 assess public health restrictions impact pa subjective wellbeing swb healthrelated quality life hrqol communitydwelling elderly 2 investigate risk factors lead decline pa selfadministered questionnaires assessed changes pa swb hrqol multivariate logistic regression analysis performed identify significant associated risk factors decreased pa 165 participants valid response rate 413 mean age 785 80 years 473 became less active 230 became active 297 maintained pa levels significant decrease swb baseline followup covid19 restrictions less active group p lt 001 higher levels moderate strenuous exercisesports activity baseline odds ratio 112 95 confidence interval ci 101124 lower mental component hrqol scores baseline 096 95 ci 093099 associated increased risk decreased pa public health restrictions impact pa elderly especially higher levels exercisesports activity lower hrqol covid19 decreased pa strongly associated lower swb