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- Title
The impacts of social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical activity levels of over 50-year olds: The CHARIOT COVID-19 Rapid Response (CCRR) cohort study.
- Authors
Green, Conall; Beaney, Thomas; Salman, David; Robb, Catherine; de Jager Loots, Celeste A.; Giannakopoulou, Parthenia; Udeh-Momoh, Chi; Ahmadi-Abhari, Sara; Majeed, Azeem; Middleton, Lefkos T.; McGregor, Alison H.
- Abstract
Objectives: To quantify the associations between shielding status and loneliness at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and physical activity (PA) levels throughout the pandemic. Methods: Demographic, health and lifestyle characteristics of 7748 cognitively healthy adults aged >50, and living in London, were surveyed from April 2020 to March 2021. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short-form assessed PA before COVID-19 restrictions, and up to 6 times over 11 months. Linear mixed models investigated associations between shielding status and loneliness at the onset of the pandemic, with PA over time. Results: Participants who felt 'often lonely' at the outset of the pandemic completed an average of 522 and 547 fewer Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes/week during the pandemic (95% CI: -809, -236, p<0.001) (95% CI: -818, -275, p<0.001) than those who felt 'never lonely' in univariable and multivariable models adjusted for demographic factors respectively. Those who felt 'sometimes lonely' completed 112 fewer MET minutes/week (95% CI: -219, -5, p = 0.041) than those who felt 'never lonely' following adjustment for demographic factors. Participants who were shielding at the outset of the pandemic completed an average of 352 fewer MET minutes/week during the pandemic than those who were not (95% CI: -432, -273; p<0.001) in univariable models and 228 fewer MET minutes/week (95% CI: -307, -150, p<0.001) following adjustment for demographic factors. No significant associations were found after further adjustment for health and lifestyle factors. Conclusions: Those shielding or lonely at pandemic onset were likely to have completed low levels of PA during the pandemic. These associations are influenced by co-morbidities and health status.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); COVID-19 pandemic; SOCIAL impact; METABOLIC equivalent; COHORT analysis
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2023, Vol 18, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0290064