Perfil nutricional, nível de atividade física, qualidade de vida, bem-estar e humor de estudantes de Educação Física/licenciatura durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

On December 2019, a new virus caused an outbreak of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China and quickly spread around the world, becoming a global health emergency. This study aims to compare the nutritional profile, the levels of physical activity, quality of life, well being and humor in academic students during the pandemic. The present study was characterized as a quantitative research, observational, analytical and longitudinal design. The sample consisted of 21 college students from the Physical Education Course Program of a Public Institution in the state of Alagoas, the sample contained students from both sexes, above the age of 18. To identify the health conditions and physical activity the following specific questionnaires were applied to the subjects: a) Nutritional profile: weight, height and body mass index (MC); b) Social Profile and Health: Semi-structured Questionnaire; c) Physical Activity: International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ); d) Well-being: profile of life style (PLS); e) Quality of Life: Surveys to Measure Both Mental & Physical Health (SF-36); f) Mood Level: Profile of Moods States (POMS). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; average; standard deviation; frequency and simple differential percentage. In regards to MC, 66.66% of the subjects are at normal levels of health conditions. For physical activity, 42.85% and 71.42% were considered "Very Active", while 28.57% had low levels of physical activity. In the category of well-being, the dimensions that had the highest results were "Stress Control" (2.0) and preventive behavior (2.10), and the lowest results were for the dimension of nutrition (1.70 and 1.48). According to the quality of life study, it is observed that the functional capacity was the domain with the highest score (94.52 and 93.84), and the lowest was for vitality (21.90 and 34.58). Regarding to the mood level category, strength and activity had the highest results (11.19 and 10.57), and the lowest score was for hostility and anger (4.81); depression and melancholia presented a score of (5.43), while the total mood disturbance, had na overall average of (119.7 and 128.6). We can conclude that despite the population being physically active, the levels of psychological disorders increased.