Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Satisfaction with Life in Qatar: A Preliminary Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 6; p. 3093
• Main Authors: Hermassi, Souhail, Sellami, Maha, Salman, Ahmad, Al-Mohannadi, Abdulla S., Bouhafs, El Ghali, Hayes, Lawrence D., Schwesig, René
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.03.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Behavior; Communicable Disease Control; Consortia; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Exercise; Female; Humans; Life satisfaction; Male; Mental depression; Outdoor activities; Pandemics; Participation; Personal Satisfaction; Physical fitness; Privacy; Qatar; Quality of life; Quarantine; Questionnaires; SARS-CoV-2; Sedentary Behavior; Shelter in place; Social networks; Young Adult; Qatar; home confinement; SARS-CoV-2; lifestyle and contentment; lockdown; sedentary behavior; public health; physical activity
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18063093

This study examined the effects of home confinement on physical activity (PA) and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 outbreak in Qatar. A total of 1144 subjects participated (male: n = 588; female: n = 556; age: 33.1 ± 11.1 years; mass: 76.1 ± 16.4 kg; height: 1.70 ± 0.11 m; body mass index (BMI)...