Atividade física, lazer e qualidade de vida das mulheres em tempos de pandemia

Abstract

This work aims to investigate how the measures of social distancing for coping with COVID-19 have influenced the level of physical activities, leisure experiences and the quality of life of women living in the city of Uberlândia/MG. In order to respond to this objective, we carried out a qualitative research, carried out through the application of internationally validated questionnaires for data collection, such as the IPAQ, the WHOQOL-bref, and the Practical Leisure Scale. We also resorted to some questions that sought to understand the effects of the pandemic on the routine and lives of the interviewees and how this impacted the performance of physical activities in their daily lives. With the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, our research took place through digital means, collecting data from 56 women. We analyzed the data based on bibliographical references, noting what has already been pointed out by the specific literature: that women spend more time with domestic activities and social relationships than with physical activity and sports, and that the pandemic has worsened this situation, decreasing time and money spent on leisure, physical activities, increasing domestic tasks, contributing to the emergence of negative feelings such as anxiety and depression.