COVID-19 대유행으로 인한 대구시민의 신체활동 변화와 영향요인 = The Association between Changes in Physical Activity and Its Related Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic-Based on the Data from 2020 Community Health Survey in Daegu

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Objectives: We investigated relation between changes in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and its related factors in Daegu Metropolitan City. Methods: 6,910 subjects were selected from 2020 Community Health Survey in Daegu. We analyzed the relation of changes in physical activity and general characteristics, health behavior, health status, health anxiety, mental health, chronic disease. Results: 49.7% of the total survey subjects, 47.8% of hypertensive patients, 46.7% of diabetic, and 54.3% of obesity patient showed a decrease in physical activity during the COVID-19 outbreak. Results by multiple logistic regression analysis, in female (odds ratio, OR=1.37; 95% confidence interval, CI=1.18-1.59), 19-29y (OR=1.49; 95% CI=1.18-1.88), 30s (OR=1.52; 95% CI=1.18-1.96), 40s (OR=1.55; 95% CI=1.20-2.00), residents in the urban area (OR=1.41; 95% CI=1.18-1.69), non-practice of moderate to vigorous physical activity (OR=1.49; 95% CI=1.26-1.76), high health anxiety from COVID-19 infection (OR=1.41; 95% CI=1.21-1.65), perceived depression (OR=1.90; 95% CI=1.50-2.40), and obesity (OR=1.23; 95% CI=1.07-1.41) more decreased than before COVID-19 pandemic in physical activity. Conclusions: The prolonged reduction in physical activity due to COVID-19 may increase the burden of disease on infectious and chronic diseases. Therefore, a public health intervention is essential to increase physical activity for the group with a high decrease in physical activity and then interventions are needed involving the entire population.