Actividad física y estado de salud en estudiantes de la carrera de enfermería en tiempos de cuarentena por la pandemia del COVID-19. Cuenca, 2021

Abstract

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused different impacts on people's quality of life and health, especially at the level of university students, there are changes in their lifestyles with a decrease in physical activity due to quarantine and fear contagion, which is an important risk factor for changes in general health. Objective: To determine the state of Physical Activity and health status in nursing students in times of quarantine due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Cuenca 2021 Methodology: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with a sample of 118 nursing students. Physical activity and health-related quality of life were analyzed using validated questionnaires. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis and the groups were compared with Pearson's Chi square test and ANOVAS. Statistically significant results were considered at p <0.05. Results: The sample consisted mainly of students with ages between 19-20 years, women, single and most of the mestizo ethnic group. According to the level of physical activity, 78.8% have a low or inactive level, 16.9% have a moderate level and 4.2% a high level. The quality of life in most nursing students is poor, the highest scores correspond to the dimension Physical Function 88.30 ± 17.37 and that of Physical Role 80.51 ± 33.03; while the lowest scores were observed for the social function dimension 31.30 ± 20, mental health 39.36 ± 13.15 and General Health 36.91 ± 12.40. No statistically significant association was found between physical activity and health- related quality of life. Conclusions The prevalence of sedentary lifestyle is high and the quality of life of nursing students is low, especially in social function, mental health and general health.