Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Publish Research in COVID-19 (Relationship between internet use intensity and quality of life in chronic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of physical exercise and health insurance): Coronavirus – COVID-19

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2022 OCT 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Research findings on COVID-19 are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The internet use intensity of human has increased substantially during the COVID-19 Pandemic, and it is severely impacting the well-being of chronic patients.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Shanghai Jiao Tong University: “This study aimed to explore the underlying mechanism of the relationship between internet use intensity and quality of life in chronic patients, based on the cross-sectional data from China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) during the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020. The results showed that the internet use intensity had significant positive association with quality of life among chronic patients, and such association has been found in both urban and rural samples. Among the relationship of internet use intensity and quality of life in chronic patients, the mediating effect of physical exercise reached 10.25%. Furthermore, health insurance positively moderated this relationship. There are new insights for policy recommendations and clinical guidance on the role of physical activity and health insurance aimed at improving chronic patients’ quality of life.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Meanwhile, in both rural and urban governance, public health agencies should promote the ‘Internet + Healthcare’ program to improve health insurance and physical activity literacy, thus providing a higher level of quality of life for patients with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

For more information on this research see: Relationship between internet use intensity and quality of life in chronic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of physical exercise and health insurance. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022,10. (Frontiers in Public Health - http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/public-health). The publisher for Frontiers in Public Health is Frontiers Media S.A.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.947465.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Yangyang Wang, China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Jian Xu, Tian Xie.