Table 2.
Changes in physical activity status, routine sitting, and sleep hygiene: before pandemic vs. after lockdown release.
|
Before pandemic number (%) (n=363) |
After lockdown release number (%) |
Habitual changes | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall physical activity level | ||||
| •Low | 226 (62.3%) | 231 (63.6%) | 0.056a | |
| •Moderate | 136 (37.5%) | 124 (34.2%) | ||
| •High | 1 (0.3%) | 8 (2.2%) | ||
| Total estimated physical activity minutes per week | ||||
| Median | 380 | 320 | 0.077b | |
| (Range) | (0–3,600) | (0–5,040) | ||
| Moderate physical activity / wk | ||||
| None | 127 (35.0%)* | 99 (27.3%)* | 0.000*a | |
| One day per week | 28 (7.7%) | 38 (10.5%) | ++ No of Participation in | |
| Two days per week | 42 (11.6%)* | 82(22.6%)* | Moderate Physical activity | |
| Three days per week | 70 (19.3%)* | 47(12.9%)* | No change: 198 (54.5%)* | |
| Four days per week | 33 (9.1%) | 20 (5.5%) | Positive change: 91 (25.1%)* | |
| Five days per week | 26 (7.2%) | 26 (7.2%) | Negative change: 74 (20.4%)* | |
| Six days per week | 12 (3.3%) | 15 (4.1%) | ||
| Daily | 25 (6.9%) | 36 (9.9%) | ||
| Moderate physical activity / day | ||||
| None | 127 (35%)* | 99 (27.3%)* | No change: 175 (48.2%)* | 0.000*a |
| 10–20 min/ day | 36 (9.9%)* | 62 (17.1%)* | Positive change: 117 (32.2%)* | |
| >20–30 min/ day | 80 (22.0%) | 71 (19.6%) | Negative change: 71 (19.6%)* | |
| >30–60 min/ day | 69 (19.0%)* | 86 (23.7%)* | ||
| More than 1 h/ day | 51 (14.0%) | 45 (12.4%) | ||
| Heavy physical activity / wk | ||||
| None | 205 (56.5%) | 205 (56.5%) | 0.039*a | |
| One day per week | 73 (20.1%)* | 59 (16.3%)* | Fixed Participation in Moderate | |
| Two days per week | 30 (8.3%) | 24 (6.6%) | Physical Activity | |
| Three days per week | 28 (7.7%)* | 36 (9.9%)* | No change: 304 (83.7%) | |
| Four days per week | 11 (3.0%) | 13 (3.6%) | Positive change: 46 (12.7%) | |
| Five days per week | 10 (2.8%) | 14 (3.9%) | Negative change: 13 (3.6%) | |
| Six days per week | 2 (0.6%) | 6 (1.7%) | ||
| Daily | 4 (1.1%) | 6 (1.7%) | ||
| Heavy physical activity / day | ||||
| None | 205 (56.5%) | 205 (56.5%) | 0.001*a | |
| 10–20 min/ day | 56 (15.4%)* | 45 (12.4%)* | No change: 320 (88.2%) | |
| >20–30 min/ day | 37 (10.2%)* | 49 (13.5%)* | Positive change: 28 (4.1%) | |
| >30–60 min/ day | 50 (13.8%) | 51 (14.0%) | Negative change: 15 (4.1%) | |
| More than 1 hour/ day | 15 (4.1%) | 13 (3.6%) | ||
| Routine sitting in the day | ||||
| 1–2 h/ day | 74 (20.4%)* | 47 (12.9%)* | No change: 165 (45.5%) | 0.000*a |
| 3–4 h/ day | 98 (27.0%)* | 50 (13.8%)* | Decrease in sitting hrs: 30 (8.3%) | |
| 5–6 h/ day | 78 (21.5%) | 66 (18.2%) | Increase in sitting hrs: 168 (46.2%) | |
| More than 6 h/ day | 113 (31.1%)* | 200 (55.1%)* | ||
| Sleep hygiene: | ||||
| A-sleep quantity | ||||
| - less than 7 h | 133 (35.5%) | 105 (28.9%) | No change: 195 (53.7%) | 0.006*a |
| −7–9 h | 201 (55.5%)* | 167 (46.0%)* | Decrease in sleeping hrs: 45 (12.4%) | |
| - More than 9 h | 29 (9.0%)* | 91 (25.1%)* | Increase in sleeping hrs: 123 (33.9%) | |
| B-Sleep quality after lockdown release | ||||
| Much better than usual | 56 (15.4%) | 0.000*c | ||
| Better than usual | 55 (15.2%) | |||
| As usual | 176 (48.5%) | |||
| worse than usual | 53 (14.6%) | |||
| Much worse than usual | 23 (6.3%) | |||
a
*Significant change before COVID-19 pandemic and After lockdown release was assessed using McNemar-Bowker test.
b
*Significant change before COVID-19 pandemic and After lockdown release was assessed using Wilicoxon signed rank test.
c
*Significant change before COVID-19 pandemic and After lockdown release was assessed using Chi-square test.
Bolded information denotes the main habitual changes.