Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical Activity Among the Chinese Youths: The COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

Zhou, Jiming; Xie, Xiaohua; Guo, Bing; Pei, Rong; Pei, Xiaofang; Jia, Peng

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.592795

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“…First, since our study measures a before and after scenario by asking about the "before" retrospectively and the social capital data are self-reported, there may be recall and reporting bias; particularly, this recall was made during a traumatic ongoing event, which may further skew the perception of all levels of social capital (e.g., being underperceived) due to negative or depressive emotion during the long-lasting pandemic. However, the self-assessment of social capital at two time points might reflect their perceived changes which are usually closely correlated with their actual changes (16,25,26). Second, we only measured two time points in this study, thus were not able to track the dynamic trends of social capital during the whole period (27).…”

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Social Capital Changes After COVID-19 Lockdown Among Youths in China: COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

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Liu

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Introduction: Social capital, the effective functioning of social groups through networks of relationships, can affect mental health and may be affected by COVID-19. We aimed to examine the changes in social capital before and after the COVID-19 lockdown among the Chinese youth.Methods: A national convenience sample of 10,540 high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, from the COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS), reported their demographic and social capital information before and after the COVID-19 lockdown. Social capital was retrospectively measured at four levels: individual (ISC), family (FSC), community (CSC), and society (SSC). The changes of social capital were also compared across three educational levels.Results: Overall, ISC and CSC scores generally decreased after lockdown (15.1 to 14.8 and 13.4 to 13.1, respectively), while FSC and SSC scores increased significantly (12.7 to 13.0 and 7.1 to 7.2, respectively). At the individual level, most participants showed a constant perceived social capital; more of the remaining participants showed decreased than increased ISC (30.5% vs. 17.0%) and CSC scores (28.4% vs. 19.1%), while more participants showed increased than decreased FSC (21.7% vs. 9.2%) and SSC scores (10.3% vs. 3.9%). Heterogeneities in social capital changes existed across educational levels.Conclusions: Our findings would provide health professionals and policy-makers solid evidence on the changes in social capital of youths after lockdowns, and therefore help the design of future interventions to rebuild or improve their social capital after epidemics/disasters.

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Social Capital Changes After COVID-19 Lockdown Among Youths in China: COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

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“…8,9 Despite the potential benefits of physical activity on child well-being, emergent data suggest that during this pandemic, access to health-promoting physical activity has been largely disrupted, whereas use of screen-based media for education and recreation has increased. [10][11][12] Studies from before the pandemic indicate that only 24% of US children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years met recommendations for 60 minutes per day of physical activity. 4 Data from the 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed that 26.1% of high school students had been physically active for a total of at least 60 min/d on all 7 days before the survey.…”

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Association of Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time With Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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IMPORTANCE Children's physical activity and screen time are likely suboptimal during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may influence their current and future mental health. OBJECTIVE To describe the association of physical activity and screen time with mental health among US children during the pandemic. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional survey was conducted from October 22 to November 2, 2020, among 547 parents of children aged 6 to 10 years and 535 parent-child dyads with children and adolescents (hereinafter referred to as children) aged 11 to 17 years and matched down to 500 children per cohort using US Census-based sampling frames. Children aged 11 to 17 years self-reported physical activity, screen time, and mental health, and their parents reported other measures. Parents of children aged 6 to 10 years reported all measures. All 1000 cases were further weighted to a sampling frame corresponding to US parents with children aged 6 to 17 years using propensity scores. EXPOSURES Child physical activity, screen time, COVID-19 stressors, and demographics. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Mental health using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for total difficulties and externalizing and internalizing symptoms. RESULTS Among the 1000 children included in the analysis (mean [SD] age, 10.8 [3.5] years; 517 [52.6%] boys; 293 [31.6%] American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, or Black individuals or individuals of other race; and 233 [27.8%] Hispanic/Latino individuals), 195 (20.9%) reported at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Children reported a mean (SD) of 3.9 (2.2) d/wk with at least 60 minutes of physical activity and 4.4 (2.5) h/d of recreational screen time. COVID-19 stressors weresignificantly associated with higher total difficulties for both younger (β coefficient, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.3-0.9) and older (β coefficient, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.0-0.7) groups. After accounting for COVID-19 stressors, engaging in 7 d/wk (vs 0) of physical activity was associated with fewer externalizing symptoms in younger children (β coefficient, −2.0; 95% CI, −3.4 to −0.6). For older children, engaging in 1 to 6 and 7 d/wk (vs 0) of physical activity was associated with lower total difficulties (β coefficients, −3.5 [95% CI, −5.3 to −1.8] and −3.6 [95% CI, −5.8 to −1.4], respectively), fewer externalizing symptoms (β coefficients, −1.5 [95% CI, −2.5 to −0.4] and −1.3 [95% CI, −2.6 to 0], respectively), and fewer internalizing symptoms (β coefficients, −2.1 [95% CI, −3.0 to −1.1] and −2.3 [95% CI, −3.5 to −1.1], respectively). More screen time was correlated with higher total difficulties among younger (β coefficient, 0.3; 95% CI, 0.1-0.5) and older (β coefficient, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-0.6) children. There were no significant differences by sex. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCEIn this cross-sectional survey study, more physical activity and less screen time were associated with better mental health for children, accounting for pandemic (continued) Key Points Question What is the association of children's physical activity a...

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“…Besides this, China as the first country to be affected by COVID-19 and also the first to implement and lift the blockade measures provides valuable evidence and references to other countries. The study of Zhou et al (2021), using a large sample of young Chinese, found that COVID-19 had a significant and adverse effect on young people's physical activity and sedentary posture, and such effects persisted for at least 3 months. Specifically, physical activity was significantly reduced, but sitting time was significantly increased during the blockage (Zhou et al 2021).…”

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The effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the physical fitness of children aged 16, living in Kosovo

Berisha

Thaqi

2021

Turkish Journal of Kinesiology

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The aim of the study was to determine the effect of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the physical fitness of children aged 16, living in Kosovo. The research was conducted on a sample of 41 students aged 16 years ± 6 months, who are high school students from the Republic of Kosovo (n = 41 boys). Physical tests included in the study to measure the anthropometric and motor abilities included, height, weight, body mass index, balance, flexibility, strength continuity, explosive force, and anaerobic peak power. The calculation of the data was made by using the SPSS 24 software program. The One-Way repeated measure ANOVA Analysis was used to calculate the statistical data of the tests that were included in the study (years: 2018, 2019, and 2020). The study results have shown statistically significant effects of the pandemic on motor abilities, such as on explosive force and anaerobic peak power. However, there is no significant effect of the pandemic on anthropometric characteristics, balance, and flexibility (p>0.05). The effects of the pandemic on the health of the children living in Kosovo were less in comparison with the effects of the pandemic reported by the World Health Organization and other countries. Moreover, the study also showed decreases in motor abilities in the years when the COVID-19 pandemic had not occurred.

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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical Activity Among the Chinese Youths: The COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

Cited by 29 publications

References 26 publications

Social Capital Changes After COVID-19 Lockdown Among Youths in China: COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

Social Capital Changes After COVID-19 Lockdown Among Youths in China: COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS)

Association of Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time With Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the physical fitness of children aged 16, living in Kosovo

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