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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Physical Activity, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Stress among the Chinese Adult Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Meiling Qi, Ping Li, Wendy Moyle, Benjamin Weeks, Cindy Jones

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
19.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 200 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Physical activity and quality of life among college students without comorbidities for cardiometabolic diseases: systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  2. The Impact of Physical Activity on Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic in China: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  5. Improvements in stress among Latinas participating in a randomized controlled trial of technology-supported physical activity interventions.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2024
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  16. Effects of a Home-based Virtual Group Exercise Program in Asian Women.International journal of preventive medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Meiling QiSchool of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8007-1332
Ping LiSchool of Nursing, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China.
Wendy MoyleMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3004-9019
Benjamin WeeksMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia.
Cindy JonesMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7249-2580
Griffith University · AUShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to global public health due to home confinement policies impacting on physical activity engagement and overall health. This study aimed to explore physical activity participation, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and levels of perceived stress among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was conducted between 25 February and 15 March 2020. A total of 645 surveys were completed. Participants reported increased sedentary time from pre-COVID-19 period to the COVID-19 pandemic period (

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ExercisePandemicsQuality of LifeAdultAsian PeopleBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Health StatusHumansPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Stress, PsychologicalSurveys and QuestionnairesChinese adultsCOVID-19perceived stressphysical activityquality of life

Identifiers

PMID32906604
PMCPMC7558071
OpenAlexW3083334831

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Registered trials

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