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. 2021 Apr 20;18(8):4346. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084346

Table 3.

Factors associated with favorable and unfavorable changes in moderate and vigorous physical activity among university students during the COVID-19 lockdown (n = 3671).

Moderate Physical Activity Vigorous Physical Activity
Favorable Change
AOR (95% CI)
Unfavorable Change
AOR (95% CI)
Favorable Change
AOR (95% CI)
Unfavorable Change
AOR (95% CI)
Male Gender 0.41 (0.33–51) 0.77 (0.65–0.90) 0.61 (0.50–0.74) 1.10 (0.92–1.32)
Curriculum
Healthcare 1.07 (0.83–1.38) 1.20 (0.92–1.56)
Humanities 0.88 (0.66–1.17) 0.86 (0.63–1.16)
Law Ref Ref
Literature 1.01 (0.74–1.37) 0.77 (0.55–1.09)
Sciences 0.84 (0.63–1.12) 1.01 (0.76–1.35)
Academic year of study
1 Ref Ref Ref
2 and 3 0.93 (0.76–1.15) 1.11 (0.93–1.33) 1.00 (0.83–1.21) 1.17 (0.96–1.43)
4 and 5 0.83 (0.63–1.09) 1.07 (0.86–1.35) 1.02 (0.79–1.37) 1.13 (0.88–1.47)
6 and more 0.72 (0.44–1.18) 1.06 (0.74–1.54) 0.64 (0.40–1.02) 1.01 (0–76-1.35)
Living with parents
Before and during C19 Ref Ref
Not before and not during C19 0.90 (0.70–1.16) 1.27 (0.93–1.33) 0.84 (0.67–1.05) 1.38 (1.11–1.73)
Before but not during C19 1.11 (0.62–1.98) 1.01 (0.86–1.35) 0.89 (0.50–1.59) 1.79 (1.08–2.98)
Not before but during C19 1.11 (0.90–1.37) 1.02 (0.74–1.54) 1.19 (0.99–1.44) 1.13 (0.92–1.39)
Less contact
With family 0.82 (0.64–1.06) 0.90 (0.78–1.17) 0.85 (0.68–1.06) 1.02 (0.81–1.28)
With friends 0.97 (0.73–1.28) 1.02 (0.80–1.28) 0.99 (0.77–1.27) 1.02 (0.82–1.28)
CESD-8 scale 0.99 (0.97–1.00) 1.05 (1.01–1.07) 0.98 (0.97–1.00) 1.03 (1.01–1.05)
COVID-19
Personally infected 1.18 (0.87–1.60) 1.28 (1.00–1.64) 1.09 (0.82–1.42) 1.34 (1.02–1.74)
Knowing others infected 1.15 (0.98–1.34) 1.09 (0.92–1.28)
Worried about becoming severely ill 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Worried about a relative becoming severely ill 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 1.00 (0.97–1.02) 1.01 (0.98–1.04) 1.00 (0.97–1.03)
Worried about insufficient medical supplies 0.99 (0.96–1.03) 0.01 (0.98–1.03) 1.02 (0.99–1.05) 1.01 (0.98–1.05)
University
Increased academic workload 0.92 (0.73–1.16) 1.02 (0.85–1.23) 0.84 (0.69–1.03) 1.08 (0.88–1.33)
Worried about not completing the academic year 0.87 (0.69–1.10) 1.12 (0.91–1.36) 0.83 (0.67–1.03) 1.03 (0.82–1.29)
Stressed with changes in teaching methods 1.01 (0.79–1.29) 1.07 (0.87–1.32) 1.50 (1.20–1.88) 1.26 (1.00–1.59)

CESD-8: Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression.