The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on perceived health and wellbeing of adult Australian sport and physical activity participants

Eime, R.; Harvey, J.; Charity, M.; Elliott, S.; Drummond, M.; Pankowiak, A.; Westerbeek, H.

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13195-9

Table 2 Self-assessment of current health: by respondent characteristics

From: The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on perceived health and wellbeing of adult Australian sport and physical activity participants

Health assessments	Characteristics						p-value^a
	Gender^b
	Male		Female
	N	%	N	%
General health							< .001
Poor or fair	279	21.8	142	16.4
Good	463	36.2	283	32.6
Very good or excellent	536	41.9	443	51.0
Total	1278	100.0	868	100.0
Physical health							.006
Poor or fair	332	26.0	182	21.0
Good	477	37.3	314	36.3
Very good or excellent	469	36.7	369	42.7
Total	1278	100.0	865	100.0
Mental health							.023
Poor or fair	429	33.6	243	28.0
Good	431	33.8	319	36.8
Very good or excellent	415	32.5	305	35.2
Total	1275	100.0	867	100.0
	Age (years)
	18–29		30–49		50–59
	N	%	N	%	N	%
General health
Poor or fair	123	22.8	201	20.8	100	15.5	.017
Good	183	34.0	335	34.6	228	35.2
Very good or excellent	233	43.2	432	44.6	319	49.3
Total	539	100.0	968	100.0	647	100.0
Physical health
Poor or fair	131	24.4	250	25.8	136	21.1	.115
Good	184	34.3	361	37.3	246	38.1
Very good or excellent	222	41.3	357	36.9	264	40.9
Total	537	100.0	968	100.0	646	100.0
Mental health
Poor or fair	214	39.7	304	31.5	157	24.3	< .001
Good	177	32.8	355	36.8	220	34.1
Very good or excellent	148	27.5	306	31.7	269	41.6
Total	539	100.0	965	100.0	646	100.0
	Region
	Metropolitan		Non-metropolitan
	N	%	N	%
General health							.432
Poor or fair	291	20.3	129	18.3
Good	486	33.8	255	36.1
Very good or excellent	660	45.9	322	45.6
Total	1437	100.0	706	100.0
Physical health
Poor or fair	346	24.1	166	23.6			.066
Good	505	35.2	282	40.1
Very good or excellent	585	40.7	256	36.4
Total	1436	100.0	704	100.0
Mental health
Poor or fair	465	32.4	207	29.5			.090
Good	480	33.4	268	38.2
Very good or excellent	492	34.2	227	32.3
Total	1437	100.0	702	100.0
	Sport and physical activity settings
	Club^c		Informal only^d		Inactive
	N	%	N	%	N	%
General health							.143
Poor or fair	356	19.9	61	17.7	7	35.0
Good	616	34.4	121	35.1	9	45.0
Very good or excellent	817	45.7	163	47.2	4	20.0
Total	1789	100.0	345	100.0	20	100.0
Physical health							.023
Poor or fair	430	24.1	77	22.3	10	50.0
Good	660	37.0	123	35.7	8	40.0
Very good or excellent	696	39.0	145	42.0	2	10.0
Total	1786	100.0	345	100.0	20	100.0
Mental health
Poor or fair	571	32.0	96	27.9	8	40.0	.286
Good	615	34.4	133	38.7	4	20.0
Very good or excellent	600	33.6	115	33.4	8	40.0
Total	1786	100.0	344	100.0	20	100.0
	Sport and physical activity modes
	Team^e		Individual only^f		Inactive
	N	%	N	%	N	%
General health							.096
Poor or fair	291	20.0	126	18.5	7	35.0
Good	510	35.1	227	33.4	9	45.0
Very good or excellent	653	44.9	327	48.1	4	20.0
Total	1454	100.0	680	100.0	20	100.0
Physical health
Poor or fair	344	23.7	163	24.0	10	50.0	.034
Good	539	37.1	244	35.9	8	40.0
Very good or excellent	568	39.1	273	40.1	2	10.0
Total	1451	100.0	680	100.0	20	100.0
Mental health
Poor or fair	452	31.2	215	31.7	8	40.0	.646
Good	505	34.8	243	35.8	4	20.0
Very good or excellent	494	34.0	221	32.5	8	40.0
Total	1451	100.0	679	100.0	20	100.0

^aChi-square test of independence
^bSeven respondents who reported their gender as’Other’ were excluded from the gender breakdowns because the small sample size provided inadequate statistical power to enable reliable conclusions to be drawn about this population
^cThose who participated in club sports, including those who also participated in informal sport or other recreational physical activities
^dThose who participated in informal sport or other recreational physical activities, but not in club sports
^eThose who participated in team sports or activities, including those who also participated in individual sports or activities
^fThose who participated in individual sports or physical activities, but not in team sports or activities

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