Health, distress, and life satisfaction of people one-month into COVID-19 outbreak in China

Stephen X Zhang; Yifei Wang; Andreas Rauch; Feng Wei

is the (which was not peer-reviewed) The copyright holder for this preprint . https: //doi.org/10.1101 //doi.org/10. /2020 individuals' existing medical conditions and exercise levels. For individuals who exercised a lot during the outbreak (>2.5 hours per day), life satisfaction was significantly negatively associated with more affected locations; on the contrary, for individuals who exercised half an hour a day or less, life satisfaction was significantly positively associated with more affected locations. Maybe these people could better justify or rationalize their inactive lifestyles in more severely affected cities. The finding that those who exercised a lot (>2.5 hours per day) were less satisfied in more affected cities suggests we may need to pay attention to more physically active individuals, who might be more frustrated by the restrictions due to the outbreak.