The Relationship between the Hospital Discharging Duration of the Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 who had Ambulatory and Inpatient Treatment and the Frequency of Their Physical Activity before COVID-19

Abstract

Objective:This study aims to evaluate the correlation between physical activity before pandemic and quarantine measures, hospitalization status and length of stay in patients infected with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).Methods:A total of 638 people participated in the study. Of the participants 47.8% (n=305) were female and 52.2% (n=333) were male. Chi-square test was used to determine whether or not there was a correlation between hospitalization status and hospitalization duration and other variables.Results:It was found that there was no significant correlation between rates of hospitalization and gender (p>0.05). There was a significant correlation between the frequency of doing physical activity before COVID-19 and hospitalization status among patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 (p<0.05). As the number of days of being physically active decreased, the length of hospital stay increased. There was a significant correlation between the frequency of doing physical activity before COVID-19 and the duration of hospitalization in patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 (p<0.05). As the number of days of being physically active increased, the length of hospital stay decreased.Conclusion:Consequently, being physically active before the COVID-19 pandemic contributes to the prevention of hospitalization due to illness, shortening of hospitalization duration and a milder course of the disease.

Keywords

• covid-19
• physical activity frequency
• duration of hospitalization