EXERCISE DEPENDENCE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES

Kocaeksi S., TAŞÇIOĞLU R., Sezer U., Aksakal N., Ozdurulmus S. A.

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.37, no.5, pp.2585-2588, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.19193/0393-6384_2021_5_398
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Page Numbers: pp.2585-2588
  • Keywords: COVID-19, Exercise addiction, Lifestyle change, EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has been threatening peoples lives with an unhealthy lifestyle for the last two years. Most notably, nation-wide quarantine policies made people stay at home, resulting in reduced physical fitness. Although regular physical activity and exercise offer both physical and psychological benefits to individuals, compulsive and excessive exercise have some harmful consequences such as exercise dependence, which was defined as over commitment behaviors that make people continue to run despite injuries, illness, and so forth. The aim of this research is to examine the exercise dependence levels of individuals who exercise regularly according to their age and gender in the COVID-19 period.