Table 2.
Prevalence of physical activity and time spent sitting, during the COVID-19 social confinement.
| Participants’ Characteristics | IPAQ Categories | p | Sitting Time (min/day) | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |||||||
| Low Active | Active | HEPA | <180 | 181–419 | ≥420 | |||
| Total | 33.5 (32.3, 34.7) | 20.5 (19.5, 21.5) | 46.0 (44.7, 47.2) | 34.4 (33.2, 35.7) | 28.4 (27.3, 29.6) | 37.1 (35.9, 38.4) | ||
| Gender | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Men | 29.4 (27.7, 31.1) | 20.7 (19.2, 22.2) | 49.9 (48.0, 51.7) | 29.8 (28.1, 31.5) | 30.8 (29.1, 32.5) | 39.4 (37.5, 41.2) | ||
| Women | 37.1 (35.4, 38.8) | 20.3 (18.9, 21.7) | 42.6 (40.9, 44.4) | 38.5 (36.7, 40.2) | 26.4 (24.8, 27.9) | 35.2 (33.5, 36.8) | ||
| Age-group | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 16–34 years | 27.5 (25.3, 29.6) | 18.6 (16.7, 20.5) | 53.9 (51.5, 56.3) | 24.4 (22.3, 26.4) | 26.1 (24.0, 28.3) | 49.6 (47.1, 52.0) | ||
| 35–54 years | 37.0 (34.9, 39.1) | 16.3 (14.7, 17.9) | 46.6 (44.4, 48.8) | 36.0 (33.9, 38.1) | 29.0 (27.0, 31.0) | 35.0 (32.9, 37.0) | ||
| ≥55 years | 34.8 (32.8, 36.8) | 25.8 (24.0, 27.7) | 39.4 (37.3, 41.4) | 40.6 (38.5, 42.6) | 29.6 (27.7, 31.5) | 29.8 (27.8, 31.7) | ||
| Education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Secondary school or below | 34.6 (33.3, 36.0) | 20.8 (19.7, 22.0) | 44.6 (43.1, 46.0) | 37.4 (36.0, 38.8) | 28.9 (27.6, 30.1) | 33.7 (32.4, 35.1) | ||
| Higher education | 28.7 (26.0, 31.4) | 19.1 (16.8, 21.4) | 52.2 (49.2, 55.2) | 21.4 (19.0, 23.8) | 26.7 (24.0, 29.3) | 52.0 (49.1, 55.0) | ||
| Family income perception | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Good | 25.6 (23.5, 27.6) | 21.7 (19.8, 23.7) | 52.7 (50.3, 55.1) | 33.7 (31.5, 36.0) | 26.4 (24.3, 28.5) | 39.9 (37.5, 42.2) | ||
| Reasonable | 34.9 (33.2, 36.6) | 21.7 (20.2, 23.2) | 43.4 (41.6, 45.3) | 31.4 (29.7, 33.1) | 29.1 (27.5, 30.8) | 39.5 (37.7, 41.3) | ||
| Poor | 40.8 (37.8, 43.7) | 16.9 (14.7, 19.2) | 42.3 (39.3, 45.3) | 39.7 (36.8, 42.7) | 29.8 (27.0, 32.5) | 30.5 (27.7, 33.3) | ||
| PA recommendation knowledge | <0.001 | 0.234 | ||||||
| Yes | 34.8 (33.0, 36.6) | 19.5 (18.0, 21.0) | 45.7 (43.8, 47.6) | 37.6 (35.7, 39.4) | 27.5 (25.8, 29.2) | 34.9 (33.1, 36.7) | ||
| No | 32.5 (30.8, 34.1) | 21.3 (19.9, 22.7) | 46.3 (44.5, 48.0) | 31.8 (30.2, 33.4) | 29.2 (27.6, 30.8) | 38.9 (37.2, 40.6) | ||
| PA usefulness of recommendations | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Not useful | 36.2 (30.9, 41.5) | 13.7 (9.9, 17.4) | 50.2 (44.6, 55.7) | 24.4 (19.7, 29.2) | 38.1 (32.7, 43.5 | 37.1 (31.8, 42.5) | ||
| I am not sure | 41.7 (35.9, 47.5) | 23.0 (18.1, 28.0) | 35.3 (29.6, 40.9) | 36.3 (30.7, 42.0) | 19.1 (14.4, 23.7) | 45.0 (39.1, 50.8) | ||
| Very useful | 33.7 (31.7, 35.7) | 19.9 (18.2, 21.6) | 46.4 (44.2, 48.5) | 39.7 (37.6, 41.8) | 27.0 (25.1, 28.9) | 33.3 (31.2, 35.3) | ||
| Lockdown (time) | 0.005 | 0.015 | ||||||
| Up to 3 weeks | 35.5 (33.1, 37.9) | 19.0 (17.0, 20.9) | 45.5 (43.0, 48.0) | 37.9 (35.4, 40.3) | 28.1 (25.9, 30.4) | 34.1 (31.7, 36.4) | ||
| Up to 4 weeks | 31.0 (29.2, 32.8) | 21.7 (20.1, 23.3 | 47.3 (45.4, 49.3) | 33.1 (31.3, 34.9) | 28.5 (26.7, 30.2) | 38.4 (36.5, 40.3) | ||
| Up to 5 weeks | 35.6 (33.3, 37.8) | 20.1 (18.2, 22.0) | 44.3 (42.0, 46.7) | 33.4 (31.2, 35.6) | 28.7 (26.6, 30.8) | 37.9 (35.7, 40.2) | ||
Weighed data. Abbreviations: IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire; PA, physical activity; HEPA—Health-enhancing Physical Activity; CI—Confidence Intervals. Differences among IPAQ categories and sitting time intervals were tested by Chi-Square.