The Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Health-Psychological Health, Physical Activity, and Overall Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Emotional Regulation.

Jianhui Dai,Sajid Mahmood,Jiaai Huang,Sumaira Khurshid,Yu Weng,Waseem Iqbal,Rashid Menhas,Muhammad Nurul Alam,Maryam Gul,Yuwei Cai,Babar Shahzad,Xuehui Sang,Zulkaif Ahmed Saqib,Xia Xu

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.667461

Abstract

Background: Highly infectious respiratory disease COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China, and spread worldwide. Different measures have been adopted worldwide to contain the COVID-19, and these measures have various impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (CP) and lockdown policy on physical health (PH)–psychological health (PsH), physical activity (PA), and overall well-being (OW) in the context of HRQoL, exploring the mediating role of emotional regulation (ER).Method: The current study was conducted in two provincial cities of China. An online survey was conducted in both the cities to collect the data. After quantifying the data, a total of 2,200 respondents data were analyzed through appropriate statistical techniques.Results: The study results indicate that CP was found significantly and negatively related to PH (β = −0.157, t = 9.444, p < 0.001). A significant relationship was found between CP and PsH (β = 0.779, t = 45.013, p < 0.001). The third prediction revealed a significant negative relationship between the CP and OW (β = −0.080, t = 5.261, p < 0.001). The CP and PA had a significant negative relationship (β = −0.047, t = 3.351, p < 0.001).Conclusion: The PH, PsH, and OW of the Chinese people were affected due to the CP and lockdown measures. It is suggested that ER intervention reduces the negative psychological impacts for improving quality of life. ER can function one's sentiments in their social environment effectively for quality of life.

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In early December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, a highly infectious respiratory disease, that is, Coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged and extended globally
These findings are in line with the previous studies that reported the COVID-19 pandemic (CP) and the lockdown policies (LPs) negatively impacting the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during the COVID-19 epidemic in Morocco (Azizi et al, 2020)
Our findings show that LP and physical health (PH), LP and psychological health (PsH), LP and overall well-being (OW), and LP and physical activity (PA) found statistically significant negative relationships as their p-values were

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Introduction

In early December 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, a highly infectious respiratory disease, that is, Coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged and extended globally. Because of the threats of COVID-19 pandemic (CP) to health care systems and society at large, and to reduce the incidence of novel infections and flatten the COVID-19 infection curve, a global mass homeconfinement directive has been implemented in many countries, most of which entail social isolation and quarantine. Many countries worldwide introduced different policies that include total lockdown, smart lockdown, health monitor system, and quarantine to contain the virus (Alwan et al, 2020). Different measures have been adopted worldwide to contain the COVID-19, and these measures have various impacts on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (CP) and lockdown policy on physical health (PH)–psychological health (PsH), physical activity (PA), and overall well-being (OW) in the context of HRQoL, exploring the mediating role of emotional regulation (ER)

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