Clinical trial NCT04583345: Physical Activity Levels of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Official title: Comparison of Physical Activity Levels and Disease Attitudes of Hypertensive and Healthy Individuals Under Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Hypertension
Social Isolation
COVID
Keywords: physical activity
hypertensive
anxiety
quality of life
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-10-12
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Healthy population: Being adult and absence of any chronic disease and willing to participate to study

Hypertensive Population: Diagnosed with hypertension, being adult and willing to participate study

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Quality of Life Assesment
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Evaluation of Individuals Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Anxiety and Depression Level
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Hacettepe University
Study officials:
affiliation: Academic Staff
name: Ebru Calik Kutukcu, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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