Association of Physical Exercise and Sleeping Habit with COVID-19 Severity and Hospitalization among the Recovered Individuals in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Sumon Ganguli Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Sabbir Howlader Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Bithi Mojumder Department of English, Noakhali University of Science and Technology, Noakhali-4331, Bangladesh
  • Kamol Dey Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Suman Barua Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Md Nazrul Islam Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Sanjib Ghosh Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Tahmida Shamsuddin Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Jadab Kumar Biswas Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Md Rafiqul Islam Islam Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
  • Paritosh Kumar Biswas Department of Microbiology and Veterinary Public Health, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Bangladesh
  • Ashok Kumar Chakraborty Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia-7003, Bangladesh

Keywords:

COVID-19, physical exercise (PE), sleeping habit, severity, hospitalization

Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 has adversely affected millions of people worldwide where many left with mildly symptomatic or even asymptomatic. This study aimed at evaluating the potential influence of pre-existing physical exercise (PE) pattern and sleep habit on the hospitalization and severity of COVID-19 infected people in Bangladesh with or without comorbidities. Data was collected from randomly selected 1025 recovered people from Jhenaidah and Dhaka districts and statistical analysis was completed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software (version 25). Reduced association of severity was observed for the patients accustomed to more than 30 min/day of regular PE (OR= 0.814; CI 0.580-1.305; p = 0.13; comorbid and OR= 0.935; CI 0.727-5.148; p = 0.07; non-comorbid), 6-7 hours sleeping (OR= 0.689; CI 0.413-0.149; p < 0.001; comorbid) and 7-8 hours sleeping (OR= 0.730; CI 0.357-1.495; p < 0.001; non-comorbid). Similar trend for PE with 6.2% (CI 0.456-2.252; p = 0.04; comorbid) and 35.5% (CI 0.106-3.940; p = 0.008; non-comorbid) less odds was observed for hospitalization. Sleeping duration of 6-7 hours (OR=0.823; CI 0.484-2.587; p < 0.001; non-comorbid) and 7-8 hours (OR=0.503; CI 0.152-1.661; p = 0.003; comorbid) was least associated with hospitalization. Duration of recovery was least for 6-7 hours of sleeping (19.0±5.9 days; comorbid and 17.2±9.8 days; non-comorbid) and regular PE (17.9±10.6 days) more than 30 min/day. Maintaining a healthy sleeping habit (6 to 8 hours/day) and regularity of PE may play a vital role in decreasing the possibility of hospitalization and lessening the severity of COVID-19 infected patients.

The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci. 46(1): 24-56, 2025

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2026-08-10

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Ganguli, S., Howlader, S., Mojumder, B., Dey, K., Barua, S., Islam, M. N., Ghosh, S., Shamsuddin, T., Biswas, J. K., Islam, M. R. I., Biswas, P. K., & Chakraborty, A. K. (2026). Association of Physical Exercise and Sleeping Habit with COVID-19 Severity and Hospitalization among the Recovered Individuals in Bangladesh. The Chittagong University Journal of Science, 46(1), 24-56. https://doi.org/10.3329/cujs.v46i1.90707

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Vol. 46 No. 1 (2025)

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Copyright (c) 2025 Sumon Ganguli, Sabbir Howlader, Bithi Mojumder, Kamol Dey, Suman Barua, Md Nazrul Islam, Sanjib Ghosh, Tahmida Shamsuddin, Jadab Kumar Biswas, Md Rafiqul Islam Islam, Paritosh Kumar Biswas, Ashok Kumar Chakraborty

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Ganguli, S., Howlader, S., Mojumder, B., Dey, K., Barua, S., Islam, M. N., Ghosh, S., Shamsuddin, T., Biswas, J. K., Islam, M. R. I., Biswas, P. K., & Chakraborty, A. K. (2026). Association of Physical Exercise and Sleeping Habit with COVID-19 Severity and Hospitalization among the Recovered Individuals in Bangladesh. The Chittagong University Journal of Science, 46(1), 24-56. https://doi.org/10.3329/cujs.v46i1.90707