Table 2.
Longitdinal changes on COVID Impact Questionnaire
| Lockdown n = 74 |
Follow up n = 74 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scale: 1–10: 1 being the least and 10 being the most markedly negative impact of COVID | |||
| Interaction with family and friends | 8 [5, 10] | 6 [4, 10] | 0.17 |
| Virtual interaction with family and friends | 8 [5, 10] | 8 [6, 10] | 0.27 |
| Percentage % of YES responses | |||
| Sense of solitude | 10 (13.9%) | 19 (25.7%) | 0.049 |
| Cognitively active | 9 (12.5%) | 12 (16.2%) | 0.79 |
| Online courses | 6 (8.3%) | 3 (4.1%) | 0.51 |
| Reading books | 25 (34.7%) | 27 (36.5%) | 0.83 |
| Jigsaw puzzles | 8 (11.1%) | 17 (23.0%) | 0.04 |
| Reading news | 34 (47.2%) | 36 (48.6%) | 1.00 |
| Word games | 27 (37.5%) | 19 (25.7%) | 0.17 |
| Other activities | 22 (30.6%) | 14 (18.9%) | 0.17 |
| Physical activity | 0.82 | ||
| Not at all | 25 (35.7%) | 3 (44.3%) | |
| Non-aerobic activities (e.g., yoga) | 21 (30.0%) | 15 (21.4%) | |
| Aerobic activities less than 30 min per day | 13 (18.6%) | 6 (8.6%) | |
| Aerobic activities at least 30 min per day | 11 (15.7%) | 18 (25.7%) | |