Physical activity, mental and physical health during the Covid-19 outbreak: longitudinal predictors of suicide ideation in Germany.

Q3 Medicine

Zeitschrift Fur Gesundheitswissenschaften Pub Date : 2022-03-25 DOI:10.1007/s10389-022-01708-0

Julia Brailovskaia, Inga Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Odeta Gelezelyte, Tobias Teismann, Jürgen Margraf

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Abstract

Aim: Suicide ideation has increased since the outbreak of Covid-19 in many countries. The present longitudinal study investigated potential predictors of suicide ideation.

Subject and methods: Data of 406 participants from Germany (age M = 27.69, SD = 6.88) were assessed via online surveys in spring 2020 (baseline, BL) and in spring 2021 (follow-up, FU).

Results: The current results reveal a significant increase in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress between 2020 and 2021. Positive mental health (PMH), sense of control, and physical health significantly decreased. Depression symptoms (BL), PMH (BL), and consciously enhanced physical activity since the pandemic outbreak (FU) significantly predicted 12-month suicide ideation (FU). In a moderated mediation analysis, the positive relationship between depression and suicide ideation was significantly mediated by PMH. Consciously enhanced physical activity significantly moderated the negative association between PMH and suicide ideation.

Conclusion: The context of Covid-19 could negatively impact mental health and physical health. This might increase the risk for suicide ideation. However, PMH and physical activity might serve as protective factors. The protective effect of physical activity could be especially important in people with high depression symptoms and low PMH, such as clinical patients. Potential ways of how PMH and physical activity could be enhanced in the Covid-19 context to prevent suicide ideation are discussed.

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Covid-19 爆发期间的体育活动、身心健康：德国自杀意念的纵向预测因素。

目的：自 Covid-19 在许多国家爆发以来，自杀意念有所增加。本纵向研究调查了自杀意念的潜在预测因素：2020 年春季（基线，BL）和 2021 年春季（随访，FU），通过在线调查对 406 名德国参与者（年龄 M = 27.69，SD = 6.88）的数据进行了评估：目前的结果显示，在 2020 年和 2021 年之间，抑郁、焦虑和压力症状明显增加。积极心理健康（PMH）、控制感和身体健康明显下降。抑郁症状（BL）、积极心理健康（PMH）（BL）以及自大流行病爆发以来有意识地加强体育锻炼（FU）可显著预测 12 个月的自杀意念（FU）。在调节中介分析中，抑郁与自杀意念之间的正相关关系在很大程度上受 PMH 的调节。有意识地加强体育锻炼能明显缓和PMH与自杀意念之间的负相关：结论：Covid-19 的环境会对心理健康和身体健康产生负面影响。结论：Covid-19 的背景可能会对心理健康和身体健康产生负面影响，这可能会增加萌生自杀念头的风险。然而，PMH 和体育锻炼可作为保护因素。体育锻炼的保护作用对于抑郁症状较重而 PMH 较低的人群（如临床患者）尤为重要。本文讨论了如何在 Covid-19 的背景下加强 PMH 和体育锻炼以预防自杀意念的潜在方法。

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