The Association of Depression, Anxiety, Stress With Leisure Timephysical Activity Among Smokers and Non-Smoker in Delhi-Ncr

Abstract

Background: Tobacco use is accountable for a significant amount of the decline in life expectancy that is associated with mental disorders. This article focuses on the connection between smokers’ and non- smokers’ mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety with the leisure time physical activity.

Materials & Methods: A Google form was developed with the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS), the Depression, Anxiety, Stress (DASS-21), and the LEISURE-Time Physical Activity. To collect the data, it was sent to inhabitants of the Delhi National Capital Region over several different social media sites (such as Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter), where they may respond. The final total on the Google Form, which included replies from a thousand people, was collected. The analysis of the data was performed with the assistance of Microsoft Excel, which was also used in the process of transforming the data.

Results: According to the research findings, cigarette dependence was not discovered in non-smokers at all. However, it was shown to exist in smokers at a rate of 89.727±2.82. There was a statistically significant difference between both groups, with a P value of less than 0.05. When compared with non- smokers, smokers were shown to have significantly higher levels of anxiety, sadness, and stress, and the difference in outcomes between the two groups was statistically significant. The correction between LEISURE- Time Physical Activity and DASS 21 scores for smokers and non-smokers was checked using Pearson correlation coefficient shows that there is negative correlation among smokers and non smokers for LEISURE- Time Physical Activity and DASS 21 scores.

Conclusion: The findings of this research lead us to the conclusion that smokers have a much higher reliance on cigarettes and reduction in their leisure-time physical activity as compared to the individuals of the study who were nonsmokers. There was negative correlation in the smokers as shows that the smokers have higher depression, anxiety, stress and hence reduction in Leisure Time Physical Activity as we can say that smokers are more effected as compared with non-smokers.