Changes in sitting time, screen exposure and physical activity during covid-19 lockdown in south american adults: A cross-sectional study

The worldwide prevalence of insufficient physical activity (PA) and prolonged sedentary behavior (SB) were high before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Measures that were taken by governments (such as home confinement) to control the spread of COVID-19 may have affected levels of PA and SB. This...

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Autores: Sadarangani, Kabir P., De Roia, Gabriela F., Lobo, Pablo, Chavez, Robinson, Meyer, Jacob, Cristi-Montero, Carlos, Martínez Gómez, David, Ferrari, Gerson, Schuch, Felipe B., Gil-Salmerón, Alejandro, Solmi, Marco, Veronese, Nicola, Alzahrani, Hosam, Grabovac, Igor, Caperchione, Cristina M., Tully, Mark A., Smith, Lee
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/698006
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/698006
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105239
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:COVID-19
Exercise
Health behavior
Public health
Screen time
Sedentary behavior
Medicina
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Sumario:The worldwide prevalence of insufficient physical activity (PA) and prolonged sedentary behavior (SB) were high before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Measures that were taken by governments (such as home confinement) to control the spread of COVID-19 may have affected levels of PA and SB. This cross-sectional study among South American adults during the first months of COVID-19 aims to (i) compare sitting time (ST), screen exposure, moderate PA (MPA), vigorous PA (VPA), and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) before and during lockdown to sociodemographic correlates and (ii) to assess the impact of lockdown on combinations of groups reporting meeting/not-meeting PA recommendations and engaging/not-engaging excessive ST (≥7 h/day). Bivariate associations, effect sizes, and multivariable linear regressions were used. Adults from Argentina (n = 575) and Chile (n = 730) completed an online survey with questions regarding demographics, lifestyle factors, and chronic diseases. Mean reductions of 42.7 and 22.0 min./day were shown in MPA and VPA, respectively; while increases of 212.4 and 164.3 min./day were observed in screen and ST, respectively. Those who met PA recommendations and spent <7 h/day of ST experienced greatest changes, reporting greater than 3 h/day higher ST and more than 1.5 h/day lower MVPA. Findings from the present study suggest that efforts to promote PA to South American adults during and after COVID-19 restrictions are needed.

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