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.

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)

SUBMITTER: Green C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522032 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature