Do cardiovascular disease patients return to pre-lockdown sedentary levels? A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 lockdown negatively impacted physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB) levels of the Dutch patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but little is known whether these levels returned to pre-pandemic levels. In this study, we evaluated changes in SB and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) in CVD patients before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic and investigated which factors contributed to not returning to pre-pandemic sedentary levels.

Methods

1,028 Dutch CVD patients participated in this prospective cohort study, where we assessed SB and MVPA before (2018), during (2020), and after (2023) the COVID-19 pandemic using validated questionnaires. Linear mixed model analyses were used to investigate changes over time. Binary logistic regress

SUBMITTER: Vloet JIA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12274157 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature