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Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic

Background: From March to May 2020, lockdown measures were adopted in Italy to contain the epidemic of the novel Coronavirus. People were forced to restrict their movement and social contacts, therefore having a higher risk of inactivity. This study, carried out among Italian undergraduates, explore...

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Autores principales: Gallè, Francesca, Sabella, Elita Anna, Ferracuti, Stefano, De Giglio, Osvalda, Caggiano, Giuseppina, Protano, Carmela, Valeriani, Federica, Parisi, Eduardo Alfonso, Valerio, Giuliana, Liguori, Giorgio, Montagna, Maria Teresa, Romano Spica, Vincenzo, Da Molin, Giovanna, Orsi, Giovanni Battista, Napoli, Christian
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32854414
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176171
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author Gallè, Francesca
Sabella, Elita Anna
Ferracuti, Stefano
De Giglio, Osvalda
Caggiano, Giuseppina
Protano, Carmela
Valeriani, Federica
Parisi, Eduardo Alfonso
Valerio, Giuliana
Liguori, Giorgio
Montagna, Maria Teresa
Romano Spica, Vincenzo
Da Molin, Giovanna
Orsi, Giovanni Battista
Napoli, Christian
author_facet Gallè, Francesca
Sabella, Elita Anna
Ferracuti, Stefano
De Giglio, Osvalda
Caggiano, Giuseppina
Protano, Carmela
Valeriani, Federica
Parisi, Eduardo Alfonso
Valerio, Giuliana
Liguori, Giorgio
Montagna, Maria Teresa
Romano Spica, Vincenzo
Da Molin, Giovanna
Orsi, Giovanni Battista
Napoli, Christian
author_sort Gallè, Francesca
collection PubMed
description Background: From March to May 2020, lockdown measures were adopted in Italy to contain the epidemic of the novel Coronavirus. People were forced to restrict their movement and social contacts, therefore having a higher risk of inactivity. This study, carried out among Italian undergraduates, explored their sedentary and physical activities (PA) during the lockdown with respect to their previous habits. Methods: An electronic questionnaire was administered once to students attending three Italian universities after the end of lockdown. Results: A total of 1430 students (mean age 22.9 ± 3.5 years, 65.5% females) completed the questionnaire. All the sedentary behaviors increased significantly, and all the physical activities decreased significantly during the lockdown. Time spent using electronic devices showed the highest increase (+52.4 min/day), and walking the greatest decrease (−365.5 min/week). Being younger than 22 years old, female, and previously active, attending the universities of Naples and Rome and having at least one graduate parent were associated with the achievement of recommended levels of PA even during the lockdown. Conclusions: This study highlights the reduction of PA among Italian undergraduates in the course of home-confinement due to the CoViD-19 pandemic. The practice of adequate PA during the lockdown was mainly associated with the previous adoption of an active lifestyle. Promoting active lifestyles during the non-pandemic period may have had positive effects also in case of lockdown.
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spelling pubmed-75047072020-09-26 Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic Gallè, Francesca Sabella, Elita Anna Ferracuti, Stefano De Giglio, Osvalda Caggiano, Giuseppina Protano, Carmela Valeriani, Federica Parisi, Eduardo Alfonso Valerio, Giuliana Liguori, Giorgio Montagna, Maria Teresa Romano Spica, Vincenzo Da Molin, Giovanna Orsi, Giovanni Battista Napoli, Christian Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: From March to May 2020, lockdown measures were adopted in Italy to contain the epidemic of the novel Coronavirus. People were forced to restrict their movement and social contacts, therefore having a higher risk of inactivity. This study, carried out among Italian undergraduates, explored their sedentary and physical activities (PA) during the lockdown with respect to their previous habits. Methods: An electronic questionnaire was administered once to students attending three Italian universities after the end of lockdown. Results: A total of 1430 students (mean age 22.9 ± 3.5 years, 65.5% females) completed the questionnaire. All the sedentary behaviors increased significantly, and all the physical activities decreased significantly during the lockdown. Time spent using electronic devices showed the highest increase (+52.4 min/day), and walking the greatest decrease (−365.5 min/week). Being younger than 22 years old, female, and previously active, attending the universities of Naples and Rome and having at least one graduate parent were associated with the achievement of recommended levels of PA even during the lockdown. Conclusions: This study highlights the reduction of PA among Italian undergraduates in the course of home-confinement due to the CoViD-19 pandemic. The practice of adequate PA during the lockdown was mainly associated with the previous adoption of an active lifestyle. Promoting active lifestyles during the non-pandemic period may have had positive effects also in case of lockdown. MDPI 2020-08-25 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7504707/ /pubmed/32854414 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176171 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gallè, Francesca
Sabella, Elita Anna
Ferracuti, Stefano
De Giglio, Osvalda
Caggiano, Giuseppina
Protano, Carmela
Valeriani, Federica
Parisi, Eduardo Alfonso
Valerio, Giuliana
Liguori, Giorgio
Montagna, Maria Teresa
Romano Spica, Vincenzo
Da Molin, Giovanna
Orsi, Giovanni Battista
Napoli, Christian
Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title_full Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title_short Sedentary Behaviors and Physical Activity of Italian Undergraduate Students during Lockdown at the Time of CoViD−19 Pandemic
title_sort sedentary behaviors and physical activity of italian undergraduate students during lockdown at the time of covid−19 pandemic
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32854414
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176171
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