Regular exercise can help reduce the risk of a serious COVID-19 infection, according to new research published in the BMJ Journal of Sports Medicine in April.
Looking for patients with a documented COVID-19 infection within the time frame from January 1, 2020 to October 21, 2020, researchers cross-referenced the self-reported exercise habits of each patient, along with their COVID-19 outcome, or hospitalization. ICU Admission. or death.
Study participants measured their personal physical activity levels based on how much time they spent exercising weekly, ranging from zero to more than 150 minutes.
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A total of 48,440 adult patients with COVID-19 participated in the research.
The results showed that patients diagnosed with COVID-19, who were constantly inactive, or reported only 0 to 10 minutes of exercise per week, were at greater risk for hospitalization or admission to the ICU and death, in contrast to patients who exercise to some extent weekly.
The data for this study are not yet available, but researchers still conclude that physical activity may help reduce a serious COVID-19 infection and outcome.
“Even after checking in the analysis for variables such as obesity and smoking, we still saw that inactivity is strongly associated with much higher chance of hospitalization, ICU admission and death compared to moderate physical activity or any activity,” said Robert E. Sallis, a family physician and sports medicine at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center and study author at CNBC.
Sallis added that this physical activity can be as powerful or moderate as an individual prefers, including just walking 30 minutes a day for five days a week.
Since the onset of the pandemic, public health officials have gradually found it certain conditions, such as obesity, diabetes and asthma, can complicate COVID-19 infections and have a greater hospitalization and mortality rate than their counterparts.
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