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Prevalence and Determinants of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Swedish Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0242-0343
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5356-916X
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare. Center for Clinical Research, Central Hospital of Västerås, Uppsala University, 75310 Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8853-2508
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare. Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health,.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6292-7010
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2024 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 21, no 8, p. 960-960Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) changed during the COVID-19 pandemic; hence, this study examined PA and SB at four time points between December 2019 and December 2022. The participants’ PA decreased during the pandemic and did not recover afterwards. Among women, PA increased slightly in 2022 but not at all in men. From 2019 to 2020, SB increased and then decreased to near the pre-pandemic level in both sexes. Regarding age, PA decreased in the oldest age group (65–79 years) across all time points, while SB increased in all age groups during 2019–2020 and then returned close to pre-pandemic levels among the two middle age groups (30–64 years), but not among the youngest and oldest groups. Considering occupation, PA decreased from 2020 to December 2022 among retired and “other” participants, while SB decreased among nonmanual workers and retired participants. The regression models associated better self-reported health, male sex, and those born overseas with higher PA. Higher age, better self-reported health, poor education, and later survey time points were associated with lower SB. These findings highlight the need to return PA and SB to at least pre-pandemic levels and that subgroups may need different interventions. 

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2024. Vol. 21, no 8, p. 960-960
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-68187DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21080960OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-68187DiVA, id: diva2:1889715
Available from: 2024-08-16 Created: 2024-08-16 Last updated: 2024-08-16Bibliographically approved

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