PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lee Smith
AU  - Louis Jacob
AU  - Laurie Butler
AU  - Felipe Schuch
AU  - Yvonne Barnett
AU  - Igor Grabovac
AU  - Nicola Veronese
AU  - Cristina Caperchione
AU  - Guillermo F Lopez-Sanchez
AU  - Jacob Meyer
AU  - Mohammad Abufaraj
AU  - Anita Yakkundi
AU  - Nicola Armstrong
AU  - Mark A Tully
TI  - Prevalence and correlates of physical activity in a sample of UK adults observing social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
AID  - 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000850
DP  - 2020 Jul 01
TA  - BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
PG  - e000850
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
4099  - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000850.short
4100  - http://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000850.full
SO  - BMJ OPEN SP EX MED2020 Jul 01; 6
AB  - Objective To investigate the levels and correlates of physical activity during COVID-19 social distancing in a sample of the UK public.Methods This paper presents analyses of data from a cross-sectional study. Levels of physical activity during COVID-19 social distancing were self-reported. Participants also reported on sociodemographic and clinical data. The association between several factors and physical activity was studied using regression models.Results Nine hundred and eleven adults were included (64.0% were women and 50.4% of the participants were aged 35–64 years). 75.0% of the participants met the physical activity guidelines during social distancing. Meeting these guidelines during social distancing was significantly associated with sex (reference: male; female: OR=1.60, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.33), age (reference: 18–34 years; ≥65 years: OR=4.11, 95% CI 2.01 to 8.92), annual household income (reference: <£15 000; £15 000–<£25 000: OR=2.03, 95% CI 1.11 to 3.76; £25 000–<£40 000: OR=3.16, 95% CI 1.68 to 6.04; £40 000–<£60 000: OR=2.27, 95% CI 1.19 to 4.34; ≥£60 000: OR=2.11, 95% CI 1.09 to 4.09), level of physical activity per day when not observing social distancing (OR=1.00 (per 1 min increase), 95% CI 1.00 to 1.01), and any physical symptom experienced during social distancing (reference: no; yes: OR=0.31, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.46).Conclusion During COVID-19, social distancing interventions should focus on increasing physical activity levels among younger adults, men and those with low annual household income. It should be noted in the present sample that women and younger adults are over-represented.