Table 1.
Sample characteristics and activity levels for adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities
| Characteristics | Sedentary a | MVPA a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | M ± SD | p b | ES b | M ± SD | p b | ES b | |
| Gender | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.82 | 0.05 | |||
| Male | 40 (43.5%) | 516.9 ± 149.0 | 19.1 ± 20.1 | ||||
| Female | 52 (56.5%) | 477.4 ± 124.7 | 20.3 ± 27.1 | ||||
| Race | 0.96 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.16 | |||
| White | 72 (78.3%) | 495.0 ± 136.8 | 16.9 ± 19.8 | ||||
| Other | 20 (21.7%) | 493.3 ± 138.4 | 30.1 ± 34.5 | ||||
| Ethnicity | 0.76 | 0.02 | 0.71 | 0.16 | |||
| Hispanic / Latino | 6 (6.5%) | 508.8 ± 112.3 | 16.2 ± 11.9 | ||||
| Not Hispanic / Latino | 86 (93.5%) | 493.6 ± 138.4 | 20.1 ± 24.9 | ||||
| Diagnosis | 0.19 | 0.04 | 0.92 | 0.00 | |||
| ASD | 22 (24.7%) | 532.7 ± 134.3 | 18.4 ± 24.6 | ||||
| DS | 49 (55.1%) | 472.2 ± 122.1 | 20.2 ± 21.6 | ||||
| Other IDD | 18 (20.2%) | 502.8 ± 145.0 | 21.6 ± 32.3 | ||||
| Season | 0.56 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.03 | |||
| Winter | 38 (41.3%) | 508.4 ± 109.8 | 15.5 ± 13.8 | ||||
| Spring | 32 (34.8%) | 495.8 ± 167.3 | 20.4 ± 27.5 | ||||
| Summer | 22 (23.9%) | 469.0 ± 130.7 | 26.3 ± 31.7 | ||||
| COVID-19 Pandemic | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.15 | |||
| Pre-Pandemic | 42 (45.7%) | 483.1 ± 122.6 | 22.6 ± 25.5 | ||||
| Pandemic | 50 (54.3%) | 504.3 ± 147.6 | 17.5 ± 23.1 | ||||
a
Measured in minutes per valid day
b
Independent-samples t-test results (p, Cohen’s d) are reported for gender, race, ethnicity, and COVID-19 pandemic; Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) results (p, partial η2) are reported for diagnosis and season.