Longitudinal changes in physical activity during and after the first national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have shown reduced physical activity at early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a lack of investigation on longitudinal changes in physical activity beyond lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. Moreover, it is unclear if there is heterogeneity in physical activity growth trajectories. This study aimed to explore longitudinal patterns of physical activity and factors associated with them. Data were from the UCL COVID-19 Social Study. The analytical sample consisted of 35,915 adults in England who were followed up for 22 weeks from 24th March to 23rd August 2020. Data were analysed using growth mixture models. Our analyses identified six classes of growth trajectories, including three stable classes showing little change over time (62.4% in total), two classes sh

SUBMITTER: Bu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413348 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature