Gender differences in health anxiety and musculoskeletal symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Health anxiety is often associated with musculoskeletal symptoms and gender, but there are limited studies that investigate these relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare genders regarding health pandemic relationship of physical activity anxiety. METHODS: Assessments were performed through an online questionnaire. Eighty-five males eighty-five females included by matching in terms age, body mass index, education level, number days spent at home pandemic, activity. The Short Anxiety Inventory, International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form, Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire used assess anxiety, activity, symptoms, respectively. RESULTS: Females had a higher level more than (p< 0.05). There weak moderate correlations between Also, negative correlation was found both CONCLUSIONS: anxious have males. related genders.