University students’ overall and domain-specific physical activity during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in seven ASEAN countries

Multilevel factors associated with physical activity participation among Thai university students

“…This study also found that Thai university students who were in their second academic year were significantly more physically active than freshmen. This result is in alignment with that of ASEAN students ( Amornsriwatanakul et al, 2022 ). The authors hypothesize that second-year students become more well-adjusted after their transition from high school to university in the first year.…”

“…These restrictions and practices are believed to have negatively affected PA engagement among university students. Nonetheless, our prevalence estimate among Thai university students is still high when compared with those of Bruneian (57.2 %), Indonesian (45.2 %), and Vietnamese (65.8 %) university students ( Amornsriwatanakul et al, 2022 ). It is interesting to observe the relatively high prevalence of sufficient PA among Thai university students, whereas another study found a decline.…”

Leveraging Exercise is Medicine On Campus Programs to Promote Activity to Equity-Deserving Groups

“…Most institutions moved to virtual programming and closed on-campus exercise facilities and residences, which required students to find alternative housing or to move home. These restrictions would have removed opportunities for incidental physical activity (e.g., biking or walking to campus, moving between lecture theatres, non-sedentary participation in experiential learning; Amornsriwatanakul et al, 2022) and access to facilities at a reduced or zero cost. It is also possible that some students may have moved home to a household with immunocompromised or high-risk family members, which may have meant that those students opted out of accessing local facilities due to infection risk.…”

Physical activity, sleep, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year longitudinal study of Spanish university students

“…Most studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the habits and health of university students have been cross-sectional [ 35 , 39 , 40 ] or compared pre-pandemic values with those measured at one time point during the pandemic [ 14 , 41 ]. Most of the longitudinal studies that have examined changes in the general population [ 42 ] or university students [ 43 ] had short follow-up periods, except for one study that involved five cohorts of University of Pittsburgh students [ 44 ].…”