How Have Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Design Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Recruitment of Participants and Data Collection
2.2. Measures
2.3. Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Description of the Sample
3.2. PA Changes over Time
3.3. SB Changes over Time
3.4. Interaction Effects on PA
3.5. Interaction Effects on SB
4. Discussion
Limitations and Strengths
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | 2020 n (%) | 2022 n (%) |
---|---|---|
Highest education | ||
Compulsory school (9 years) | 66 (6) | 57 (6) |
Senior high school | 419 (41) | 415 (39) |
University | 544 (53) | 586 (55) |
Other | 2 (<1) | 2 (<1) |
Occupation | ||
Students | 87 (8) | 86 (8) |
Manual workers | 230 (22) | 237 (22) |
Nonmanual workers | 334 (33) | 334 (32) |
Self-employed | 62 (6) | 53 (5) |
Parental leave | 12 (1) | 15 (1) |
Sick leave/early retired | 25 (2) | 28 (3) |
Retired | 241 (23) | 283 (27) |
Unemployed | 30 (3) | 20 (2) |
Other | 10 (1) | 4 (<1) |
Cohabitation status | ||
Not living with a partner | 321 (48) | 315 (30)31 |
Living with a partner | 710 (62) | 743 (70) |
Origin | ||
Born in Sweden | 926 (90) | 984(93) |
Mother born in Sweden | 893 (87) | 952 (90) |
Father born in Sweden | 850 (83) | 895 (85) |
Life satisfaction (mean rank *) | 1.011 | 1.105 |
Confirmed COVID-19 | 55 (5.3) | 244 (22.3) |
Weight gain compared with before the pandemic | No data | 366 (33.4) |
2019 & 2020 /2022 n | 2019 PA Mean h/week | 2020 PA Mean h/week | 2022 PA Mean h/week | p-Value | 2019 SB Mean h/week | 2020 SB Mean h/week | 2022 SB Mean h/week | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1031/1060 | 15.2 | 12.6 | 11.5 | <0.001 * | 48.1 | 53.8 | 49.5 | <0.001 ** |
Men | 520/519 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 0.002 * | 47.9 | 53.1 | 49.0 | 0.002 * |
Women | 511/541 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 10.4 | <0.001 * | 48.2 | 54.5 | 50.0 | <0.001 ** |
18–29 years | 171/125 | 15.9 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 0.016 * | 54.3 | 62.2 | 61.5 | 0.010 ** |
30–49 years | 317/314 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 0.858 | 51.2 | 57.2 | 51.6 | 0.004 ** |
50–64 years | 288/289 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 11.5 | 0.121 | 48.3 | 53.0 | 50.9 | 0.077 |
65–79 years | 259/294 | 19.3 | 14.6 | 10.6 | <0.001 * | 39.8 | 45.1 | 40.2 | 0.007 ** |
Variables | F | p-Value | Observed Power | Interaction Increase/Decrease |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unemployed * Confirmed COVID-19 | 16.4 | <0.001 | 0.981 | Low PA was associated with unemployment and confirmed COVID-19 |
Age * Life satisfaction | 9.1 | 0.003 | 0.854 | Low PA was associated with low age and low life satisfaction |
Age * Health | 8.5 | 0.004 | 0.827 | Low PA was associated with high age and good health |
Self-employed * Confirmed COVID-19 | 8.0 | 0.005 | 0.807 | Low PA was associated with self-employment and confirmed COVID-19 |
Blue-collar worker * Confirmed COVID-19 | 6.5 | 0.011 | 0.719 | Low PA was associated with being blue-collar worker and confirmed COVID-19 |
Life satisfaction * Weight gain | 5.0 | 0.027 | 0.601 | Low PA was associated with low life satisfaction and weight gain |
Unemployed * Life satisfaction | 4.0 | 0.047 | 0.510 | Low PA was associated with unemployment and high life satisfaction |
Variables | F | p-Value | Observed Power | Interaction Increase/Decrease |
---|---|---|---|---|
Unemployed | 21.2 | <0.001 | 0.996 | High SB was associated with unemployment |
Unemployed * Age | 15.0 | <0.001 | 0.971 | Low SB was associated with unemployment and high age |
Retired * Life satisfaction | 14.7 | <0.001 | 0.968 | Low SB was associated with retirement and high life satisfaction |
Unemployed * Health | 12.0 | <0.001 | 0.932 | Low SB was associated with unemployment and good health |
Age | 10.7 | 0.001 | 0.902 | Low SB was associated with high age |
Self-employed * Confirmed COVID-19 | 8.0 | 0.005 | 0.803 | High SB was associated with self-employment and confirmed COVID-19 |
Self-employed * Health | 5.0 | 0.026 | 0.607 | Low SB was associated with self-employment and good health |
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Lindberg, D.; Elvén, M.; Nilsson, K.W.; Von Heideken Wågert, P.; Stier, J.; Dahlen, M.; Kerstis, B. How Have Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Design Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3642. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043642
Lindberg D, Elvén M, Nilsson KW, Von Heideken Wågert P, Stier J, Dahlen M, Kerstis B. How Have Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Design Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3642. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043642
Chicago/Turabian StyleLindberg, Daniel, Maria Elvén, Kent W. Nilsson, Petra Von Heideken Wågert, Jonas Stier, Micael Dahlen, and Birgitta Kerstis. 2023. "How Have Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior, Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Design Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 3642. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043642