Effects of sedentary lifesytle on neck pain and sleep quality during COVID-19 pandemic

The objective of the study is to understand the impact of sedentary life on sleep quality, neck pain and perceived stress. Five hundered twelve participants included in the study. The participants were aged from 18 to 28. The survey created with google forms was sent to the participants and the data was gathered. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) was used to identify the activity level in metabolic equivalent of task (MET), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used for the perceived stress levels, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate the sleep quality. The Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ) was used for the level of neck pain. The demographic data and screen time informations were collected with a questionnarie. Three different groups were formed from the participants based on their total physical activity scores (TPAS), as physically inactive (TPAS<600 MET), low physical activity level (TPAS 600-3000 MET), and adequate physical activity level (TPAS>3000). SPSS ver. 23.0 was used for statistical analysis. A statistically significant difference was found between the sitting time and PSS between the groups (p<0.05); there was no statistical significant relationship between screen time, NBQ and PSQI score between the groups (p>0.05). A negative correlation was found between TPAS of all participants in the study and NBQ, PSS score and sitting time. As a result of in-group analysis, a statistically significant relationship was found between NBQ and PSQI score (p<0.05), NBQ and PSS score (p<0.05), and PSS and PSQI score (p<0.05).