Physical Activity Levels of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hypertension Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Physical Activity Levels and Disease Attitudes of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04583345
• Other study ID #: GO 20/610
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Hacettepe University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

COVID-19 is an emergency situation which broke out from China in 2020. Health commitees and goverment set some rules and limit people's freedom to leave from their houses and it is called as 'social isolation'.Staying at home and disease bring about sedentary lifestyle, anxiety and depression and changed eating habits of all person. Hypertension is an important cardiovasculary risk factor and physical activity, stress managament are very important for disease control. In that study we aimed to assess hypertensive and healthy person's anxiety level, physical activity and qualit of life level during COVID-19 social isolation.

Description:

COVID-19 is an emergency situation which broke out from China in 2020. Health commitees and goverment set some rules and limit people's freedom to leave from their houses and it is called as 'social isolation'. With social isolation people were restricted to go outside from house and with that they had to stay at home. Staying at home and disease bring about sedentary lifestyle, anxiety and depression and changed eating habits of all person. It was very dangerous especially chronically ill persons. Physical activity and exercise are keystones for managing cardiovasculary disease risk factors. Hypertension is important risk factor all around the world. Disease control is important to prevent complications. In that study, we aimed to assess hypertensive and healhty individuals' physical activity, anxiety, healthy lifestyle habits and quality of life with changed life condition during COVID-19 social isolation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Social and occupational restriction because of COVID-19 pandemic

• Not having speech and hearing problems

• To be cooperate

• Not having mental, neurological, orthopedic, cardiovascular or pulmonary problems that prevent physical activity

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of medical indications requiring complete restriction of physical activity

• Having symptoms of COVID-19 and suspected disease

• Coronavirus infection in the past month

• Concomitant history of cardiovascular disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID
• COVID-19
• Hypertension
• Social Isolation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Questionnaires
Questionnaires: Physical therapists ask questions these assess quality of life, anxiety and depression, physical activity level.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Hacettepe University	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ebru Calik Kutukcu

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical Activity	Physical activity level assessed with International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long version. IPAQ long version asks work-related, transport, domestic and recreational physical activities. It categorizes physical activities vigorous, moderate and walking. It uses frequency and duration of activities. Every physical activity category has a point and better physical activity level is related with higher IPAQ scores.	2 months
Secondary	Quality of Life Assesment	It will assess with Short form 36 questionnaire. It assesses quality of life and it contains different parameters for example body function, pain, physical and mental health etc. Each subscale is evaluated between 0-100 points. A higher score indicates the better health.	2 months
Secondary	Evaluation of Individuals Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors	Healthy lifestyle behavior will asssess with Healthy Life Style Behavior Scale. The reliability and validity of the scale has been studied in Turkey. The lowest score that can be obtained from these three sub-dimensions is 26 and the highest score that can be obtained is 104.Positivite healthy lifestyles related with higher scores.	2 months
Secondary	Anxiety and Depression Level	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will use.The HADS contains fourteen item. Seven of the items relate to anxiety and seven relate to depression. The anxiety and depression subscales each range from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating higher anxiety/depression complains.	2 months