This study investigated the prevalence of depression and levels of physical fitness in high school students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. One hundred fifty participants were divided into four groups according to the number of days that they felt de-pressed due to the COVID-19 during the last 7 days: no-depression group (NDG, n=17), some-depression group (SDG, n=32), occasion-al-depression group (ODG, n=81), and most-depression group (MDG, n=20). Shuttle run for endurance capacity and standing long jump for muscle power were selected to estimate the states of type I and type II muscle fibers, respectively. This study found that the Center for Epide-miologic Studies Depression Scale score of MDG was significantly higher than those of other three groups. In addition, ODG and MDG showed the lowest interest in their school studies compared with other groups. Endurance capacity showed a significant difference among groups, whereas muscle power showed no significant difference among groups. In conclusion, this study suggests that higher levels of depres-sion reflect a greater lack of interest in life and academics. Furthermore, lower endurance capacity appears to be associated with more severe levels of depression. This highlights the importance of maintaining type I muscle fibers through regular aerobic exercise.
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Abstract INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects Experimental protocol CES-D questionnaire for assessing depression Body composition Physical fitness tests Statistical analysis RESULTS Demographic and anthropometric characteristics Comparative results of CES-D depression scale Comparative results of physical fitness DISCUSSION CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
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COVID-19 pandemicAdolescentDepressionEndurance capacityMuscle power
저자
Su-Kyung Min [ Research Institute of Sports and Industry Science, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea ]
Wook-Hyung Son [ Department of Physical Education, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea ]
Byung-Hwa Choi [ Department of Physical Education, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea ]
Ho-Jin Lee [ Department of Public Administration, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea ]
Chang-Young Ahn [ Department of Physical Education, Kyung Dong University, Yangju, Korea ]
Jaehyun Yoo [ Department of Physical Education, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea ]
Sunhee Park [ Research Institute of Sports and Industry Science, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea ]
Jeong-Woo Lee [ Research Institute of Sports and Industry Science, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea ]
Yong-Seok Jee [ Research Institute of Sports and Industry Science, Hanseo University, Seosan, Korea ]
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