TABLE 2.

Subjectively measured physical activity and screen‐time in children before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic

	Before COVID‐19 pandemic Cohort A	During COVID‐19 pandemic Cohort A	P‐value	Before COVID‐19 pandemic Cohort B	During COVID‐19 pandemic Cohort B	P‐value
PA BAECKE	(n = 102)	(n = 102)		(n = 131)	(n = 131)
School index	2.76 ± 0.32	2.68 ± 0.35	<.01*	2.78 ± 0.35	2.74 ± 0.34	.18
Sport index	3.28 ± 78	3.14 ± 0.80	<.01*	3.11 ± 0.63	2.92 ± 0.62	<.01*
Leisure time	3.25 ± 0.48	3.12 ± 0.49	<.01*	3.13 ± 0.67	3.23 ± 0.71	.07
Total score	9.29 ± 1.03	8.94 ± 1.07	<.01*	9.03 ± 1.22	8.89 ± 1.30	.16
Screen‐time a
Screen‐time school (min/d)	82 ± 152	125 ± 120	.04*
Screen‐time weekday (min/d)	132 ± 109	164 ± 123	<.01*	181 ± 118	240 ± 118	<.01*
Screen‐time weekend day (min/d)	215 ± 141	232 ± 150	.55	197 ± 131	260 ± 126	<.01*

Abbreviation: PA, physical activity.

^a A subgroup of 77 participants of cohort A completed the screen‐time questionnaire at both before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^*Significant difference between before COVID‐19 pandemic and during COVID‐19 pandemic.