Investigation of physical activity, fatigue severity, fear of COVID-19, and COVID-19 awareness levels according to the status of diagnosis COVID-19 during the pandemic

Our study aimed to evaluate the differences between physical activity, fatigue severity, fear of COVID-19, and COVID-19 awareness levels according to the status of COVID-19 during the pandemic. The study consists of 500 participants and participants were divided into two as a "Group 1" for those diagnosed with COVID-19 and a "Control Group" for those who had never been diagnosed with COVID-19. The demographic info of the participants was examined with a demographic information form. The average age of participants was 28.82 and the standard deviation was ±11,35. The average height of participants 170,45 cm and standard deviation ± 7,91. The avarage weight was 73.52 and standard deviation was ±12,47. To assess the Physical Activity, "International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF)" was used. The fatigue severity was measured by using "Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)". To understand the COVID-19 fear, "Fear of COVID-19 (FCS)" was used. The COVID-19 Awareness of individuals was measured by using the "COVID-19 Awareness Scale (CAS)". There wasn't a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the IPAQ, FSS, FCS, and CAS between "Group 1" and "Control Group" according to the independent samples t-test (p<0.05). The results of the Pearson Correlation Analysis showed that there was a correlation between FSS and FCS (r=0,186, p<0,001), FSS and CAS (r=,118, p<0,01), FCS and CAS (r=0,398, p<0,001). ANOVA results showed that the total scores of the Fatigue Severity Scale were significantly different according to the activity levels (F=6.17; p<0.05). To understand the difference between groups, the post hoc Tukey test was used. The fatigue severity scores of participants in category 3 (highly active) were significantly different from the others.