Banca de DEFESA: LIVIA FERREIRA REIS

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LIVIA FERREIRA REIS
DATE: 28/03/2022
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: Online
TITLE:

Dimensions of a pandemic: analysis of physical activity and common mental disorders among teachers in the first wave of Covid-19 in Bahia, Brasil

KEY WORDS:

Teaching, physical activity, mental health, common mental disorders, Covid-19, remote work.

PAGES: 99
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Epidemiologia
SUMMARY:

Introduction: The social distancing measures implemented at the beginning of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic included the closing of schools, colleges, gyms, and public spaces for physical activity. In the education sector, remote work was implemented, which changed the life habits of teaching activities, with repercussions on mental health. Objective: To evaluate the association between physical activity and common mental disorders in private school teachers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional web survey study. Data collection took place in June-July 2020, including teachers from all levels of education in the private network of Bahia. To measure common mental disorders (CMD), the SRQ-20 was used. The practice of physical activity was self-reported. To assess the association between primary exposure (physical activity) and outcome (CMT), considering the covariates of interest. Poisson regression analysis was performed, with robust variation, adopting a significance level of 5%. Results: The sample consisted of 1,444 professors. The practice of physical activity was reported by 40.8%, being 17.7% up to 2x/week and 23.1% more than 3x/week. The overall prevalence of CMD was 66.7%. After multivariate analysis, a higher prevalence of CMD was observed among those who did not practice physical activity (PR=1.3; 95%CI: 1.2–1.5) or who practiced it up to 2 days a week (PR=1.2; 95%CI: 1.0-1.4) compared to those who maintained physical activity 3x/week. Conclusions: There was an association between CMD and physical activity level after adjustment for leisure activities, age group, marital status, domestic overload, insecurity in becoming unemployed, and level of education at which they teach. The prevalence of CMD was reduced as professors' level of physical activity increased, endorsing the positive association between lack of physical activity and CMD.

 

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - 1224175 - FERNANDO RIBAS FEIJO
Interna - 547.267.516-20 - TANIA MARIA DE ARAUJO - UEFS
Externo à Instituição - SAULO VASCONCELOS DA ROCHA