Mental health and physical activity: A COVID-19 viewpoint

dc.contributor.authorOnagbiye, Sunday O.
dc.contributor.authorMchiza, Zandile June-Rose
dc.contributor.authorAhanonu, Ezihe L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-31T10:33:10Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T10:33:10Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractCOVID-19, which has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has become a public health emergency across the globe. It is a highly contagious disease, which elicits high levels of fear amongst the world population and is considered a threat to the world economy. As a response to this pandemic, international governments have devised unconventional measures to guard the health of their citizenry. Among these are the “new normal” country lockdown that mandates working from home, home-schooling of children, and physical/social distancing from friends and family. For the majority, this has resulted in momentary job loss and loneliness, and other psychological illnesses. Hence millions are frightened, depressed and panic easily as a result of the tension due to the uncertainty, which interferes with their job performance, livelihoods, international trade and the world economy. If not mitigated, this is likely to cause physical health deterioration, with severe mental illness being the outcome. To reduce mental health illnesses during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence suggests prioritising regular participation in physical activity and exercise across lifespan. It is also important for medical experts who specialise in the care and management of mental health to recognise physical activity and exercise as a medicine that can ameliorate some mental illnesses and their associated risk factors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOnagbiye, S. O. et al. (2021). Mental health and physical activity: A COVID-19 Viewpoint. The Open Sports Sciences Journal, 14(1), 30–33. https://doi.org/10.2174/1875399x02114010030en_US
dc.identifier.issn1875-399X/21
dc.identifier.uri10.2174/1875399X02114010030
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6553
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBentham Openen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectPhysical activity and exerciseen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleMental health and physical activity: A COVID-19 viewpointen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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