- Tytuł:
- Knowledge, Awareness and Impact of Coronavirus Disease Lockdown on Training, Fitness and Personal Parameters: A Survey of Nigerian Athletes
- Autorzy:
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Oke, Kayode Israel
Ogundiran, Olufemi Opeyemi
Mbada, Chidozie Emmanuel
Ogunkunle, Ekundayo - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1627258.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-09-10
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Szczeciński. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
- Tematy:
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Nigerian athletes
coronavirus disease
knowledge
awareness
lockdown - Opis:
- The study was to assess the knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of lockdown restrictions on training, fitness and personal parameters of Nigerian athletes. This cross-sectional study recruited 578 elite athletes through an online survey using WhatsApp platform. An adapted questionnaire was used to obtain information on awareness, knowledge and impact of COVID-19 on athletes’ characteristics. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Alpha level was set at p ≤ 0.05. There was high level of awareness (100%) of COVID-19 pandemic among the respondents. The main source of awareness of COVID-19 was social media (68.4%). Some of the respondents (55.9%) had correct knowledge of COVID-19 causative organism. Age was significantly associated with knowledge about cause (X2 = 85.361; p = 0.002) and spread (X2 = 27.715; p = 0.023) of COVID-19 while gender was significantly associated with knowledge about the spread of the virus (X2 = 4.083; p = 0.043). There were significant differences in physical fitness parameters (p < 0.05), eating pattern and body weight measures ( p < 0.05), and general well-being (p = 0.001). Lockdown had negative impacts on hours of daily training, sleeping and eating patterns, physical fitness elements and the general well-being of the respondents.
- Źródło:
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Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine; 2021, 34, 2; 67-75
2300-9705
2353-2807 - Pojawia się w:
- Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki