THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, DEPRESSION, NUTRITION AND PAIN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD

The Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectiousdisease that affects the respiratory tract. After the disease wasrecognized as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), precautions such as social isolation and curfewswere implemented to prevent the spread of the disease. Theseprecautions have affected individuals' physical activity levels,anxiety levels, and eating habits. Reduced physical activity level,emotional changes, and bad eating habits are among the factorsthat may affect perceived pain. The purpose of our study is todetermine the changing basic lifestyles during the Covid-19disease period and to examine their relationship with the perceived pain level. The study was a quick and large crosssectional online survey using the Google Forms web surveyplatform. 1174 volunteers between the ages of 18-65 participated in our study. The survey contained demographic information, International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) todetermine physical activity levels, Attitude Scale for HealthyNutrition (ASHN) to evaluate nutritional attitudes, HospitalAnxiety-Depression Scale (HADS) for anxiety and depressionlevels, and The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) todetermine perceived pain levels. A moderate correlation wasfound between insufficient physical activity and neck pain (r=-0.262, p=0.040), back pain (r=-0.254, p=0.048) and low backpain (r=-0.275, p=0.034). On the other hand, a weak correlationwas found between depression levels and low back pain(r=0.213, p=0.049). A negative correlation was found betweenanxiety and depression levels and physical activity level (r=-0.433, p=0.033; r=-0.549, p=0.004) and healthy eating attitude(r=-0.258, p=0.041; r=-0.317, p=0.039). During the Covid-19pandemic, it is necessary to increase the physical activity levelsof the public and to make them aware of the short and longterm negative effects that may occur as a result of changes inbasic lifestyles.