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Impact of Implementing and Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on Study and Physical Activity Patterns Among Youths in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2023

Shujuan Yang ,
Wanqi Yu  and
Peng Jia Open the ORCID record for Peng Jia [Opens in a new window]
Shujuan Yang
Affiliation:
West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Wanqi Yu
Affiliation:
West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Peng Jia*
Affiliation:
School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Hubei Luojia Laboratory, Wuhan, China School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China International Institute of Spatial Lifecourse Health (ISLE), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Corresponding author: Peng Jia, Email: jiapengff@hotmail.com.
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Abstract

Objective:

The youths’ study and physical activity (PA) patterns may have been affected by lockdown measures due to COVID-19. This study aimed to reveal how youths’ study and PA patterns had changed after implementing and lifting COVID-19 lockdown in China.

Methods:

The COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS) was used, where 10082 youth participants voluntarily reported their study and PA patterns in the 3 periods before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdown. PA was measured as the weekly frequency of engaging in active transport for commuting/errands, leisure-time walking, leisure-time moderate-/vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), and moderate-/vigorous-intensity housework (MVH); study patterns were measured as the daily average study time and the major study modes. We assessed differences of these variables across educational levels, sex, and periods.

Results:

The significant decreases were generally observed during lockdown in the frequency of active transport for commuting/ errands (1.3 to 0.2 days/ week), leisure-time walking (1.0 to 0.2 days/ week), leisure-time MVPA (0.7 to 0.3 days/ week), and MVH (2.3 to 2.0 days/ week), with heterogeneities existing between sexes and across educational levels, except for the increase in MVH engagement among graduate students, especially female (1.5 to 2.4 days/ week). Rebounds were observed in the frequency of all activities except MVH after lifting lockdown (2.0 to 1.9 days/ week). The average study time generally increased during lockdown, with more youths studying for 1 - 4 hours/ day and less studying for < 1 hour/ day, and further increased after lockdown. A main shift of study modes has been from in-class to online study after implementing lockdown.

Conclusions:

The youths’ PA level have generally decreased, and study patterns significantly changed during and after lockdown in China. Our results would inform policymakers and educational administrators of the declined PA levels and changed study patterns among youths during COVID-19 lockdown for better policy making. In - class and/ or extracurricular PA programs could be designed to counteract those effects under cooperation of youths’ parents.

Keywords

COVID-19physical activitystudy modeschool closureadolescentyouth
Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e383
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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