Table 3.
Determinants of sufficient MVPA of the Thai population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| 95%CI for EXP(B) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Odds ratio | p | Lower | Upper |
| Gender | ||||
| Female (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Male | 1.29 | 0.00 | 1.14 | 1.46 |
| Age group | ||||
| Young adult (18–39) (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Middle-aged adult (40–64) | 1.15 | 0.05 | 1.00 | 1.31 |
| Education level | ||||
| Higher education (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Primary and lower education | 0.90 | 0.34 | 0.72 | 1.12 |
| Secondary education | 0.91 | 0.29 | 0.75 | 1.09 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Agriculture (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Student | 1.06 | 0.73 | 0.76 | 1.49 |
| Formal sector | 0.82 | 0.12 | 0.64 | 1.06 |
| Informal sector | 0.83 | 0.15 | 0.64 | 1.07 |
| Private enterprise | 0.85 | 0.23 | 0.66 | 1.11 |
| Unemployed | 0.73 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.99 |
| Chronic disease(s) | ||||
| No (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Yes | 0.73 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.85 |
| Area of residence | ||||
| Rural (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Urban | 0.87 | 0.03 | 0.76 | 0.99 |
| Epidemic zones | ||||
| Green (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Red | 0.90 | 0.13 | 0.78 | 1.03 |
| Orange | 0.98 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 1.15 |
| Type of restrictive measures in one's location | ||||
| Lockdown period (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Relaxed curfew | 1.11 | 0.09 | 0.98 | 1.25 |
| Exposed to Fit from Home campaign | ||||
| No (ref.) | — | — | — | — |
| Yes | 1.46 | 0.00 | 1.27 | 1.67 |
Notes: Formal sector employees include (1) civil servants, (2) politicians, (3) officers, (4) factory workers, and (5) retired civil servants. Informal sector employees include (1) freelancers and (2) professional athletes. Red zone: more than 10 confirmed positive cases. Orange zone: 1–10 confirmed positive cases. Green zone: no infection has been reported. Lockdown period: during maximum curfew enforcement (March 29–May 2, 2020). Relaxed curfew: after May 2, 2020. Sufficient MVPA: an accumulation of 75 min of vigorous PA per week or a 150-min combination of vigorous and moderate PA per week.
Abbreviations: 95%CI = 95% confident interval; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; EXP (B) = exponentiation of the B coefficient (odds ratio); MVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; ref. = reference.