Perceived Social Support and Sustained Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 lockdown introduced substantial barriers to physical activity, providing a unique 'natural experiment' to understand the social factors associated with sustained physical activity. The objectives of this study were to identify the proportion of people who successfully sustained physical activity during lockdown and to explore whether social support, loneliness and social isolation were associated with maintenance of physical activity during COVID-19 lockdown.

Method

Longitudinal data from 16,980 participants, mean age 51.3 years (SD = 14.3) from the COVID-19 Social Study was used to identify a sample of participants who maintained their physical activity despite lockdown.

Results

Seventeen percent were consistently active whilst 42% were completely

SUBMITTER: Hailey V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9521870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature