Open AccessEffects of Tele-Exercise and Nutrition Tele-Counselling on Fitness Level of Obese Employee during COVID-19 Pandemic Time
Author(s) -
Mury Kuswari,
Rimbawan Rimbawan,
Hardinsyah Hardinsyah,
Mira Dewi,
Nazhif Gifari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
juara
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-1896
pISSN - 2443-1117
DOI - 10.33222/juara.v7i1.1446
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , flexibility (engineering) , test (biology) , medicine , physical therapy , intervention (counseling) , physical fitness , pandemic , covid-19 , disease , nursing , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
The unhealthy Lifestyle of office employees may affect cardiovascular disease risk and other chronic illnesses. In this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a decrease in physical activity and exercise intensity in-office employees, while increasing psychological stress may reduce physical fitness. One of the solutions to these problems is by implementing tele-counseling and tele-exercise technology. The purpose of this study is to test the effects of tele-exercise and tele-counseling intervention against obese employees’ fitness levels. This study uses a pre-post-test quasi-experimental design on one group without a control group, with subjects consisting of males and females with BMI 25-30 kg/m2. Subjects received tele-exercise intervention for 30 minutes per session, three sessions per week for 12 weeks, while tele-counseling was done by Zoom and WhatsApp every day. Fitness tests include 1-minute push-up and sit-up count, sit-and-reach, and bleep test. Subjects experience significant improvement on all aspects of fitness level (strength, flexibility, and cardiorespiratory fitness), with the most significant improvement being flexibility. This study proves that tele-exercise and nutrition tele-counseling is an effective program to improve obese employees’ wellness. Moreover, this method is a good alternative for substituting direct, face-to-face exercise and nutrition counseling in this pandemic time.