Didem KARADİBAK, Sema SAVCI, Buse Özcan KAHRAMAN, Karya POLAT, Gülbin ERGİN

COMPARISON OF EMOTIONAL STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Purpose: It was aimed to compare the effects of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic process onphysically active and inactive women under general quarantine conditions. And second aim was to compare physicalactivity and general well-being in women who were employees and non-employees in a non-governmentalorganization.Methods: A total of 286 women were included in this study. The research was conducted online via the GoogleForms web survey platform. The demographic information of the participants and non-governmental organizationvolunteering were asked before the questionnaires. Individuals' levels of physical activity were assessed byInternational Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short form (IPAQ), stress level was assessed The DistressThermometer index, anxiety levels were assessed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), quality of life wasevaluated with the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Bref questionnaire (WHOQOL-Bref).Results: It was found that physically inactive women had significantly higher anxiety and stress levels and lowerquality of life (p

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