Table 2.
Self-related physical exercise practice of the sample from the Brazilian general population (n = 1,848), aged from 18 years old and divided by the 3 mains Brazilian macro-regions, South (S) n=378, Southeast (SE) n=964 and Northeast (NE) n=431, considering the demographic density, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Values are presented as percentage (%).
| PE Practice Before COVID-19 | PE Practice During COVID-19 | |||||||
| Brazil | S | SE | NE | Brazil | S | SE | NE | |
| SR Level of PEx | ||||||||
| Sedentary | 14.9 | 19.1 | 16.5 | 9.3 | 28.9* | 29.3* | 31.7* | 23* |
| A bit active | 24.4 | 22.3 | 24.7 | 24 | 33.3* | 34.7* | 30.8* | 37.7* |
| Active | 43.6 | 40.1 | 42.1 | 50 | 32* | 29.1* | 32.4* | 32.6* |
| Very active | 17 | 18.6 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 5.9* | 6.9* | 5.1* | 6.7* |
| PEx Practice | ||||||||
| Yes/No | 80.4/19.6 | 76.7/23.3 | 78.4/21.6 | 82.7/12.8 | 71/29* | 61.9/30.9* | 69.6/30.4* | 75.3/24.7* |
| Frequency | ||||||||
| 1 t/w | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 8.8* | 9.8 | 9.2* | 8.4* |
| 2-3 | 45.6 | 43.6 | 38 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 40.2 | 41.2 | 39.9 |
| 4-5 | 33.1 | 38.1 | 32 | 41.9 | 31 | 34.6 | 31.9 | 32.3 |
| 6-7 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 25.1 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 17.7* | 19.3 |
| Duration | ||||||||
| 0-30min | 5.6 | 6.2 | 6 | 4.5 | 30.4* | 34* | 30.2* | 28.7* |
| 31-60 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 15.3 | 14 | 28* | 24.8* | 29.1* | 28.7* |
| 61- | 80 | 81.4 | 78.6 | 81.5 | 41.6* | 41.2* | 40.7* | 42.6* |
| PEx type | ||||||||
| Aerobic | 44.4 | 44.4 | 45.7 | 39.3 | 54.9* | 51.5 | 56.7* | 52.3 |
| Resistance | 10.4 | 8 | 9.1 | 15.3 | 21.2* | 19.7* | 21.3* | 22.2 |
| Strengthening | 28.9 | 25.9 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 11.6* | 13.3* | 10.9* | 12.6* |
| Other/CM | 16.4 | 21.8 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 15.5 | 8 | 12.9 |
| SR Fatigue PEx | ||||||||
| 0-3 | 28.5 | 27.5 | 29.1 | 28.3 | 24.2 | 20.8 | 26.5 | 23.1 |
| 4-7 | 49.9 | 52.7 | 49.3 | 52.7 | 52.9 | 54.3 | 52.2 | 53.4 |
| 8-10 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 18.9 | 22.9 | 24.9 | 21.2 | 23.4 |
| Motivation | ||||||||
| Entertainment | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Performance | 10 | 10 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 5.6* | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| Aesthetics | 9.8 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 10 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7 | 6.9 |
| Health | 72.4 | 74.2 | 73 | 69.7 | 79.1* | 78.9 | 79.2 | 79.6 |
| Period PEx | ||||||||
| Dawn | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Morning | 45.7 | 43 | 47.2 | 45 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.6 | 40.5 |
| Afternoon | 19.1 | 16.5 | 19.6 | 20 | 31.5* | 31.7* | 31.2* | 33.3* |
| Night | 33.7 | 39.2 | 31.5 | 33.9 | 25.3* | 24.9* | 25.4 | 25.2 |
Legend: PEx, Physical Exercise; TS, total sample; SR, self-related; t/w, times/week; min, minutes; CM, combined modalities; *Chi-square test with Bonferroni correction for categorical variables, comparisons between before and after COVID-19, p<0.05.