ENNOVA Institute of Life Science and Technology, Enn Group,
Langfang, 065001, China
Corresponding author: WANG
Yan, Email:
wyweiwei@126.com
Abstract : Objective The purpose of this study was to
obtain the infection status, exercise, anxiety and sleep quality of some
Chinese residents who recovered from infection during the COVID-19
pandemic, explore the influencing factors of recovery status, and help
improve the intervention measures for COVID-19 recovery.Methods This study is a sub-study, nested within a
cross-sectional study, investigating the infection and physical and
mental health of partially recovered residents in all 34 provincial
areas of China during the COVID-19 epidemic. Results There were
1013 participants in this study, including 374 males and 639 females.
The cardiopulmonary endurance after infection was significantly lower
than that before infection (P<0.01). Among all participants,
women (3.92±4.97) had more anxiety than men (3.33±4.54,
P<0.01); The sleep score after infection (8.27±7.05) was
significantly higher than that before infection (4.17±4.97,
P<0.01). The days of fever remission in regular exercise and
sedentary group were significantly shorter than those in irregular
exercise and sedentary group (P<0.05). The days of fever
remission in regular exercise group (1.81±1.91) was significantly
shorter than that in irregular exercise group (2.02±1.95,
P<0.05). The number of negative days in the non-sedentary
group (7.32±3.24) was significantly lower than that in the sedentary
group (7.66±3.06, P<0.05). Conclusions In this study,
it was observed that the recovery time of symptoms after COVID-19
recovery was related to age, and the more symptoms there were, the worse
cardiopulmonary fitness and sleep quality would be. Sedentary people and
irregular exercise people generally took a longer time to turn negative.
Therefore, appropriate exercise, psychological and sleep hygiene and
other health interventions should be considered in COVID-19 recovery
measures.
Keywords: COVID-19 infection; Post-recovery of COVID-19;
Recovery status; Cardiopulmonary endurance; Anxiety; Sleep
quality.11Authors: Zhou Ai-yi, Postgraduate,Exercise
Intervention for Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion; Xia
Yun-can,Postgraduate, exercise prescription.
Corresponding author: Wang Yan,
Email:wyweiwei@126.com
Zhou Ai-yi and Xia Yun-can are both the first authors