06 December 2022>: Original Paper
Changes in Physical Activity Due to Fear of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Depression Among Post-Liver Transplant Patients in Japan: A Longitudinal Survey Study
Satomi Tanaka 1ABCDEFG* , Kimie Fujita 1ACDF , Kanako Yakushiji 1F , Noboru Harada 2F , Tomoharu Yoshizumi 2ADFDOI: 10.12659/AOT.938239
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e938239
Table 1 Demographic characteristics and physical activity of liver transplant patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parameter | Before COVID-19 | During COVID-19 | p-value | ||||||
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All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | All | Male | Female | |
Age (years) | 58.6±8.5 | 59.3±5.9 | 58.2±10.1 | ||||||
BMI (kg/m) | 22.6±2.9 | 23.0±2.5 | 22.3±3.2 | ||||||
BMI ≥25 kg/m | 19 | 7 (36.8) | 12 (25.5) | ||||||
Time since LT (year) | 4.7±4.7 | 4.7±4.2 | 4.7±5.2 | ||||||
Comorbidity | |||||||||
Hypertension | 39 | 18 (48.6) | 21 (44.7) | 41 (48.8) | 17 (45.9) | 24 (51.1) | # | # | .002# |
Diabetes | 17 | 10 (27.0) | 7 (14.9) | 20 (23.8) | 12 (32.4) | 8 (17.0) | # | # | # |
Employment (yes) | 47 | 32 (86.5) | 15 (31.9) | 43 (51.2) | 27 (73.0) | 16 (34.0) | # | .014# | .010# |
Vigorous PA (min/week) | 102.9±378.2 (MD 0) | 57.7±152.4 (MD 0) | 138.5±486.9 (MD 0) | 56.9±176.7 (MD 0) | 76.5±205.5 (MD 0) | 41.5±150.7 (MD 0) | .613* | .600* | .092* |
Moderate PA (min/week) | 115.7±263.9 (MD 0) | 144.3±248.4 (MD 0) | 93.2±276.1 (MD 0) | 115.4±265.5 (MD 0) | 133.0±300.4 (MD 0) | 101.6±237.0 (MD 0) | .585* | .254* | .845* |
Waking (min/week) | 353.6±388.0 (MD 225) | 286.2±351.4 (MD 200) | 406.6±410.4 (MD 240) | 328.5±407.3 (MD 150) | 335.5±415.7 (MD 150) | 322.9±405.1 (MD 150) | .357* | .852* | .112* |
Total PA (METs·min/week) | 1960.2±3130.0 (MD 990) | 1584.7±1698.8 (MD 1188) | 2255.7±3900.8 (MD 990) | 2000.8±2613.4 (MD 813) | 2251.1±2901.9 (MD 1158) | 1803.8±2375.4 (MD 495) | .641* | .437* | .674* |
* Wilcoxon signed-rank test; # Chi-squared test. Data are presented as mean±SD, n (%), or median. The value indicates the difference between before and during the pandemic. BMI – body mass index; LT – liver transplantation; PA – physical activity. |