This paper investigated the effects that limited exercise during the covid-19 isolation period had on the mental health of athletes compared to non-athletes. The paper gathered data from a cross-sectional survey involving a total of 612 volunteers between the ages of 18-38, of these people 418 of them were athletes involved in team sports or individual sports and 194 were non-athletes. Volunteers completed the international physical activity questionnaire short form which is used to monitor the physical activity and in-activity of the volunteers, the impact of event scale-revised which assess the distress experienced after being exposed to serious life events, and the depression - anxiety - stress scale used to assess mental health. From this, p-values were derived for different comparable fields such as changes in mental health relating to sex, exercise activity and whether exercise was prevalent in the lives of the subjects before isolation. Additionally, confidence intervals and risk ratios were derived from the study in order to conso The response variable is the health of the volunteers. The response variable is quantitative. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference between the mental health of athletes as opposed to non-athletes because of an isolation period. The P value reported for the paper was <0.05. This indicates that the higher quantity of physical activity that athletes performed as opposed to non-athletes, had a moderately positive effect on the mental health of the athletes at the end of the isolation period compared to the mental health of non-athletes at the same time.
Bibliography CFI Team. (2022). Kantian Ethics. Retrieved from CFI: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/other/kantian-ethics/ Dik, B. (2019). Declaration of Helsinki. Retrieved from Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Helsinki Jain, S., Kuppili, P. P., Pattanayak, R. D., & Sagar, R. (2017). Ethics in Psychiatric Research: Issues and Recommendations. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 558-565. The study conducted by ?en???k, Deneral, Köya?as?o?lu and Tunç (2020) aims to identify the effects of limited exercise as a result of the COVID-19 isolation period had on the mental health of athletes involved in team or individual sports compared to non-athletes. The study had a field of 612 volunteers, of which 418 were athletes and 194 were non-athletes. It used three scales to assess the quantity of physical activity performed during a certain period, the distress caused by serious life experiences and common mental health conditions. From this, it was found that symptoms of anxiety and depression were significantly lower in athletes compared to non-athletes following the isolation period. I believe this study followed ethical standards. There are many ethical issues involved with investigating the mental health of subjects in a study, in and around Kantian ethics, which are a set of universal moral principles that every human is entitled to regardless of the context [ CITATION CFI22 \/ 3081 ]. Overall, the study counteracts these issues sufficiently, however, it is not disclosed in the paper whether any of these patients had a formal mental health condition. If they were to have a formal mental health diagnosis, extra considerations need