Can a healthy lifestyle reduce feelings of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Agus Gumilar, Amung Ma^mun, Nuryadi, Jajat Darajat KN, Burhan Hambali

Pendidikan Olahraga, Sekolah Pasca Sarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

The restrictions on outdoor activities implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to changes in people^s lifestyles, including reduced community participation in activities and changes in diet. (Peçanha et al., 2020). This condition also affects the anxiety of everyone. A lifestyle related survey was conducted on 274 students at the University of Education Indonesia using the Fantastic Instrument developed by Dr. Douglas Wilson from the Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Canada. The lifestyle itself here includes conditions from sports activities, rest periods, and feelings of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the analysis show that there is a significant influence between life on feelings of anxiety with a sig (2-tailed) value of 0.046 < 0.005, while the coefficient of determination ( R Square) of 0.11 means that lifestyle variables have an effect of 11% on anxiety, the rest is influenced by other factors. The implementation of activities during the Covid-19 period had a real impact on the lifestyle of students at the Indonesian Education University, significantly reducing feelings of anxiety for those who applied a good lifestyle and vice versa, feelings would increase when the lifestyle was not good.

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic, Lifestyle, Feelings of Anxiety

Topic: The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on sports and physical education