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. 2021 Nov 26;11:22972. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01803-4

Table 2.

Change of physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep in pre- and during COVID-19 pandemic.

Pre-Covid-19
n = 301
During-Covid-19
n = 290
Mean change (95% CI) t p-Value
Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Physical activity (min/day)
MVPA (weekdays) 93.0 (27.3) 88.0 (26.2) 5.0 (0.1, 9.9) 2.005 0.046
MVPA (weekend) 83.4 (34.1) 77.9 (29.7) 5.5 (− 13.1, 2.0) 1.454 0.148
LPA (weekdays) 479.5 (86.2) 450.6 (89.4) 28.9 (12.8, 44.9) 3.542  < 0.001
LPA (weekend) 488.3 (113.9) 436.4 (102.2) 51.9 (71.9, 26.8) 4.089  < 0.001
Steps (weekdays) 8857.5 (2388.1) 8547.5 (2606.8) 310.0 (− 141.6, 761.6) 1.353 0.177
Steps (weekend) 7488.2 (3019.9) 7267.2 (3005.1) 221.0 (− 480.0, 922.9) 0.623 0.535
Sedentary behavior (min/day)
Sedentary time (weekdays) 164.4 (49.7) 174.3 (49.5) − 9.9 ('− 0.6, '− 19.2) − 2.100 0.037
Sedentary time (weekend) 175.8 (62.8) 197.6 (66.9) − 21.8 (− 37.9, − 5.7) − 2.675 0.008
TV/DVD (weekdays) 96.9 (63.0) 98.7 (63.0) − 1.8 (− 9.2, 12.7) − 0.322 0.748
TV/DVD (weekend) 163.1 (93.9) 165.1 (96.3) − 2.0 (− 14.7, 18.8) − 0.241 0.810
Smartphone/tablet (weekdays) 31.5 (44.7) 34.9 (29.4) − 3.5 (− 11.9, 4.9) − 0.821 0.412
Smartphone/tablet (weekend) 51.4 (65.7) 61.2 (4.5) − 10.0 (− 21.9, 1.9) − 1.662 0.098
Sleep (min/day)
Sleep duration 619.1 (37.9) 623.8 (39.6) − 4.7 (− 1.6, 11.1) − 1.463 0.145

Bold values indicate a factor of significant relevance.

SD standard deviation, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity, LPA light physical activity, PA physical activity