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COVID and physical exercise, physical activity : a rapid classification of published articles (reviews)

A (too) long list of position papers, commentaries, letters to editors has been published. I also identified 5 reviews of literature.

All references cited in previous articles are available in a bibtex file.

Reviews

  • Arora, T., & Grey, I. (2020). Health behaviour changes during COVID-19 and the potential consequences: A mini-review. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(9), 1155–1163. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320937053
  • Bentlage, E., Ammar, A., How, D., Ahmed, M., Trabelsi, K., Chtourou, H., & Brach, M. (2020). Practical Recommendations for Maintaining Active Lifestyle during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176265
  • da Silveira, M. P., da Silva Fagundes, K. K., Bizuti, M. R., Starck, É., Rossi, R. C., & de Resende E Silva, D. T. (2020). Physical exercise as a tool to help the immune system against COVID-19: an integrative review of the current literature. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-020-00650-3
  • Khoramipour, K., Basereh, A., Hekmatikar, A. A., Castell, L., Ruhee, R. T., & Suzuki, K. (2020). Physical activity and nutrition guidelines to help with the fight against COVID-19. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1807089
  • Mukona, D. M., & Zvinavashe, M. (2020). Self- management of diabetes mellitus during the Covid-19 pandemic: Recommendations for a resource limited setting. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, 14(6), 1575–1578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.08.022
  • Rahmati-Ahmadabad, S., & Hosseini, F. (2020). Exercise against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): Does workout intensity matter? (A mini review of some indirect evidence related to obesity). Obesity Medicine, 19, 100245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obmed.2020.100245

Position papers or Letter to editors

  • Ahmed, I. (2020). COVID-19 – does exercise prescription and maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) have a role in risk-stratifying patients? Clinical Medicine (London, England). https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0111
  • Amatriain-Fernández, S., Gronwald, T., Murillo-Rodríguez, E., Imperatori, C., Solano, A. F., Latini, A., & Budde, H. (2020). Physical Exercise Potentials Against Viral Diseases Like COVID-19 in the Elderly. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 379. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00379
  • Amekran, Y., & El Hangouche, A. J. (2020). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the need to maintain regular physical activity. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11524-X
  • Beran, D., Aebischer Perone, S., Castellsague Perolini, M., Chappuis, F., Chopard, P., Haller, D. M., Jacquerioz Bausch, F., Maisonneuve, H., Perone, N., & Gastaldi, G. (2020). Beyond the virus: Ensuring continuity of care for people with diabetes during COVID-19. Primary Care Diabetes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2020.05.014
  • Burtscher, J., Burtscher, M., & Millet, G. P. (2020). Jumping at the opportunity: Promoting physical activity after COVID-19. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30(8), 1549–1550. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13744
  • Carvalho, V. O., & Gois, C. O. (2020). COVID-19 pandemic and home-based physical activity. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.018
  • Chen, P., Mao, L., Nassis, G. P., Harmer, P., Ainsworth, B. E., & Li, F. (2020). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(2), 103–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.02.001
  • Crisafulli, A., & Pagliaro, P. (2020). Physical activity/inactivity and COVID-19. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2047487320927597. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487320927597
  • Damiot, A., Pinto, A. J., Turner, J. E., & Gualano, B. (2020). Immunological Implications of Physical Inactivity among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Gerontology, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1159/000509216
  • Denay, K. L., Breslow, R. G., Turner, M. N., Nieman, D. C., Roberts, W. O., & Best, T. M. (2020). ACSM Call to Action Statement: COVID-19 Considerations for Sports and Physical Activity. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 19(8), 326–328. https://doi.org/10.1249/JSR.0000000000000739
  • Diamond, R., & Byrd, E. (2020). Standing up for health – improving mental wellbeing during COVID-19 isolation by reducing sedentary behaviour. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 12312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.137
  • Dwyer, M. J., Pasini, M., De Dominicis, S., & Righi, E. (2020). Physical activity: Benefits and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 30(7), 1291–1294. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13710
  • Fallon, K. (2020). Exercise in the time of COVID-19. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49. https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-COVID-13
  • Füzéki, E., Groneberg, D. A., & Banzer, W. (2020). Physical activity during COVID-19 induced lockdown: recommendations. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (London, England), 15, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-020-00278-9   
  • Gao, Z., Lee, J. E., McDonough, D. J., & Albers, C. (2020). Virtual Reality Exercise as a Coping Strategy for Health and Wellness Promotion in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061986
  • Harrington, D. M., & O’Reilly, M. (2020). The reimagination of school-based physical activity research in the COVID-19 era. PLoS Medicine, 17(8), e1003267. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003267

COVID-19 and physical activity: a rapid classification of published articles (methods)

Playing with Pubmed and the following search equations to update my course, I found more than 150 published articles (2020/09/02): (“physical activity”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]) and (“physical exercise”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]).

I propose a rapid classification of references based on the methodological characteristics: interventional investigations, device measured physical activity during the COVID lockdown, and Mental health – Quality of life measures, physical activity and COVID

Interventional investigations – Physical exercise and COVID

  • Ding, D., Cruz, B. del P., Green, M. A., & Bauman, A. E. (2020). Is the COVID-19 lockdown nudging people to be more active: a big data analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102575
  • Jeong, H.-C., Lee, E.-J., Youn, H.-S., & So, W.-Y. (2020). Development and Implementation of a “Music Beeps” Program to Promote Physical Fitness in Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176148
  • Quinn, L., Macpherson, C., Long, K., & Shah, H. (2020). Promoting Physical Activity via Telehealth in People With Parkinson Disease: The Path Forward After the COVID-19 Pandemic? Physical Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa128

Device measured physical activity during the COVID lockdown

  • Di Sebastiano, K. M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Vanderloo, L. M., & Faulkner, G. (2020). Don’t Walk So Close to Me: Physical Distancing and Adult Physical Activity in Canada. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01895
  • Hemphill, N. M., Kuan, M. T. Y., & Harris, K. C. (2020). Reduced Physical Activity During COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 36(7), 1130–1134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2020.04.038
  • Huckins, J. F., daSilva, A. W., Wang, W., Hedlund, E., Rogers, C., Nepal, S. K., Wu, J., Obuchi, M., Murphy, E. I., Meyer, M. L., Wagner, D. D., Holtzheimer, P. E., & Campbell, A. T. (2020). Mental Health and Behavior of College Students During the Early Phases of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Smartphone and Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(6), e20185. https://doi.org/10.2196/20185
  • Pépin, J. L., Bruno, R. M., Yang, R.-Y., Vercamer, V., Jouhaud, P., Escourrou, P., & Boutouyrie, P. (2020). Wearable Activity Trackers for Monitoring Adherence to Home Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic Worldwide: Data Aggregation and Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(6), e19787. https://doi.org/10.2196/19787
  • Sassone, B., Mandini, S., Grazzi, G., Mazzoni, G., Myers, J., & Pasanisi, G. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 40(5), 285–286. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCR.0000000000000539
  • Tison, G. H., Avram, R., Kuhar, P., Abreau, S., Marcus, G. M., Pletcher, M. J., & Olgin, J. E. (2020). Worldwide Effect of COVID-19 on Physical Activity: A Descriptive Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-2665
  • Vetrovsky, T., Frybova, T., Gant, I., Semerad, M., Cimler, R., Bunc, V., Siranec, M., Miklikova, M., Vesely, J., Griva, M., Precek, J., Pelouch, R., Parenica, J., & Belohlavek, J. (2020). The detrimental effect of COVID-19 nationwide quarantine on accelerometer-assessed physical activity of heart failure patients. ESC Heart Failure. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12916

Mental health – Quality of life measures, physical activity and COVID

  • Callow, D. D., Arnold-Nedimala, N. A., Jordan, L. S., Pena, G. S., Won, J., Woodard, J. L., & Smith, J. C. (2020). The Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.024
  • Diamond, R., & Waite, F. (2020). Physical activity in a pandemic: A new treatment target for psychological therapy. Psychology and Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12294
  • Duncan, G. E., Avery, A. R., Seto, E., & Tsang, S. (2020). Perceived change in physical activity levels and mental health during COVID-19: Findings among adult twin pairs. PloS One, 15(8), e0237695. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237695
  • Jacob, L., Tully, M. A., Barnett, Y., Lopez-Sanchez, G. F., Butler, L., Schuch, F., López-Bueno, R., McDermott, D., Firth, J., Grabovac, I., Yakkundi, A., Armstrong, N., Young, T., & Smith, L. (2020). The relationship between physical activity and mental health in a sample of the UK public: A cross-sectional study during the implementation of COVID-19 social distancing measures. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 19, 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2020.100345
  • Khan, A. H., Sultana, M. S., Hossain, S., Hasan, M. T., Ahmed, H. U., & Sikder, M. T. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health & wellbeing among home-quarantined Bangladeshi students: A cross-sectional pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.135
  • Lesser, I. A., & Nienhuis, C. P. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity Behavior and Well-Being of Canadians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113899
  • López-Bueno, R., Calatayud, J., Ezzatvar, Y., Casajús, J. A., Smith, L., Andersen, L. L., & López-Sánchez, G. F. (2020). Association Between Current Physical Activity and Current Perceived Anxiety and Mood in the Initial Phase of COVID-19 Confinement. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 729. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00729
  • Pieh, C., Budimir, S., & Probst, T. (2020). The effect of age, gender, income, work, and physical activity on mental health during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Austria. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 136, 110186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110186
  • Schuch, F. B., Bulzing, R. A., Meyer, J., Vancampfort, D., Firth, J., Stubbs, B., Grabovac, I., Willeit, P., Tavares, V. D. O., Calegaro, V. C., Deenik, J., López-Sánchez, G. F., Veronese, N., Caperchione, C. M., Sadarangani, K. P., Abufaraj, M., Tully, M. A., & Smith, L. (2020). Associations of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior with depressive and anxiety symptoms in self-isolating people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey in Brazil. Psychiatry Research, 292, 113339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113339
  • Slimani, M., Paravlic, A., Mbarek, F., Bragazzi, N. L., & Tod, D. (2020). The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Quality of Life During the Confinement Induced by COVID-19 Outbreak: A Pilot Study in Tunisia. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1882. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01882
  • Wang, X., Lei, S. M., Le, S., Yang, Y., Zhang, B., Yao, W., Gao, Z., & Cheng, S. (2020). Bidirectional Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns on Health Behaviors and Quality of Life among Chinese Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155575
  • Zhou, J., Yuan, X., Qi, H., Liu, R., Li, Y., Huang, H., Chen, X., & Wang, G. (2020). Prevalence of depression and its correlative factors among female adolescents in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. Globalization and Health, 16(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00601-3

COVID-19 and physical activity: a rapid classification of published articles (participants)

Playing with Pubmed and the following search equations to update my course, I found more than 150 published articles (2020/09/02): (“physical activity”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]) and (“physical exercise”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]).

I propose a rapid classification of references based on the participants characteristics: children/teenager, students, adults with chronic diseases, and adults with diabetes.

Children/adolescent – Physical activity and COVID

  • Chen, P., Mao, L., Nassis, G. P., Harmer, P., Ainsworth, B. E., & Li, F. (2020). Returning Chinese school-aged children and adolescents to physical activity in the wake of COVID-19: Actions and precautions. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 322–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.04.003
  • Fernandez-Del-Valle, M., Donadio, M. V. F., & Pérez-Ruiz, M. (2020). Physical exercise as a tool to minimize the consequences of the Covid-19 quarantine: An overview for cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.25041
  • Guerrero, M. D., Vanderloo, L. M., Rhodes, R. E., Faulkner, G., Moore, S. A., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020). Canadian children’s and youth’s adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: A decision tree analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.06.005
  • Harrington, D. M., & O’Reilly, M. (2020). The reimagination of school-based physical activity research in the COVID-19 era. PLoS Medicine, 17(8), e1003267. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003267
  • Hemphill, N. M., Kuan, M. T. Y., & Harris, K. C. (2020). Reduced Physical Activity During COVID-19 Pandemic in Children With Congenital Heart Disease. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 36(7), 1130–1134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2020.04.038
  • Margaritis, I., Houdart, S., El Ouadrhiri, Y., Bigard, X., Vuillemin, A., & Duché, P. (2020). How to deal with COVID-19 epidemic-related lockdown physical inactivity and sedentary increase in youth? Adaptation of Anses’ benchmarks. Archives of Public Health = Archives Belges De Sante Publique, 78, 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00432-z
  • Mitra, R., Moore, S. A., Gillespie, M., Faulkner, G., Vanderloo, L. M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Rhodes, R. E., Brussoni, M., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020a). Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of the neighbourhood environment. Health & Place, 65, 102418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102418
  • Mitra, R., Moore, S. A., Gillespie, M., Faulkner, G., Vanderloo, L. M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Rhodes, R. E., Brussoni, M., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020b). Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of the neighbourhood environment. Health & Place, 65, 102418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102418
  • Moore, S. A., Faulkner, G., Rhodes, R. E., Brussoni, M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Ferguson, L. J., Mitra, R., O’Reilly, N., Spence, J. C., Vanderloo, L. M., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-00987-8
  • Ruíz-Roso, M. B., de Carvalho Padilha, P., Matilla-Escalante, D. C., Brun, P., Ulloa, N., Acevedo-Correa, D., Arantes Ferreira Peres, W., Martorell, M., Rangel Bousquet Carrilho, T., de Oliveira Cardoso, L., Carrasco-Marín, F., Paternina-Sierra, K., Lopez de Las Hazas, M.-C., Rodriguez-Meza, J. E., Villalba-Montero, L. F., Bernabè, G., Pauletto, A., Taci, X., Cárcamo-Regla, R., … Dávalos, A. (2020). Changes of Physical Activity and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Adolescents from Different Countries during Covid-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study. Nutrients, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12082289
  • Shahidi, S. H., Stewart Williams, J., & Hassani, F. (2020). Physical activity during COVID-19 quarantine. Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway: 1992). https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.15420
  • Zhou, J., Yuan, X., Qi, H., Liu, R., Li, Y., Huang, H., Chen, X., & Wang, G. (2020). Prevalence of depression and its correlative factors among female adolescents in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. Globalization and Health, 16(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00601-3

COVID-19 and physical activity: a rapid classification of published articles (countries)

Playing with Pubmed and the following search equations to update my course, I found more than 150 published articles (2020/09/02): (“physical activity”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]) and (“physical exercise”[Title/Abstract]) AND (COVID[Title/Abstract]).

I propose a rapid classification of references by countries. I added international investigations. The top 6 countries were : Italia (10), Canada (7), US, China, Spain (4) and Brazil (3).

Countries – Physical activity, lockdown and COVID

Australia

  • Gallo, L. A., Gallo, T. F., Young, S. L., Moritz, K. M., & Akison, L. K. (2020). The Impact of Isolation Measures Due to COVID-19 on Energy Intake and Physical Activity Levels in Australian University Students. Nutrients, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061865
  • Stanton, R., To, Q. G., Khalesi, S., Williams, S. L., Alley, S. J., Thwaite, T. L., Fenning, A. S., & Vandelanotte, C. (2020). Depression, Anxiety and Stress during COVID-19: Associations with Changes in Physical Activity, Sleep, Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Australian Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114065

Austria

Pieh, C., Budimir, S., & Probst, T. (2020). The effect of age, gender, income, work, and physical activity on mental health during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Austria. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 136, 110186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110186

Bangladesh

Khan, A. H., Sultana, M. S., Hossain, S., Hasan, M. T., Ahmed, H. U., & Sikder, M. T. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health & wellbeing among home-quarantined Bangladeshi students: A cross-sectional pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 277, 121–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.135

Belgium

Constandt, B., Thibaut, E., De Bosscher, V., Scheerder, J., Ricour, M., & Willem, A. (2020). Exercising in Times of Lockdown: An Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on Levels and Patterns of Exercise among Adults in Belgium. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114144

Brazil

  • Barone, M. T. U., Harnik, S. B., de Luca, P. V., Lima, B. L. de S., Wieselberg, R. J. P., Ngongo, B., Pedrosa, H. C., Pimazoni-Netto, A., Franco, D. R., Marinho de Souza, M. de F., Malta, D. C., & Giampaoli, V. (2020). The impact of COVID-19 on people with diabetes in Brazil. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 166, 108304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108304
  • de Oliveira Neto, L., de Oliveira Tavares, V. D., Schuch, F. B., & Lima, K. C. (2020). Coronavirus Pandemic (SARS-COV-2): Pre-Exercise Screening Questionnaire (PESQ) for Telepresential Exercise. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 146. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00146
  • Schuch, F. B., Bulzing, R. A., Meyer, J., Vancampfort, D., Firth, J., Stubbs, B., Grabovac, I., Willeit, P., Tavares, V. D. O., Calegaro, V. C., Deenik, J., López-Sánchez, G. F., Veronese, N., Caperchione, C. M., Sadarangani, K. P., Abufaraj, M., Tully, M. A., & Smith, L. (2020). Associations of moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior with depressive and anxiety symptoms in self-isolating people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey in Brazil. Psychiatry Research, 292, 113339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113339

Canada

  • Callow, D. D., Arnold-Nedimala, N. A., Jordan, L. S., Pena, G. S., Won, J., Woodard, J. L., & Smith, J. C. (2020). The Mental Health Benefits of Physical Activity in Older Adults Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.024
  • Colley, R. C., Bushnik, T., & Langlois, K. (2020). Exercise and screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Reports, 31(6), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202000600001-eng
  • Di Sebastiano, K. M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Vanderloo, L. M., & Faulkner, G. (2020). Don’t Walk So Close to Me: Physical Distancing and Adult Physical Activity in Canada. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01895
  • Guerrero, M. D., Vanderloo, L. M., Rhodes, R. E., Faulkner, G., Moore, S. A., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020). Canadian children’s and youth’s adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: A decision tree analysis. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 313–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2020.06.005
  • Lesser, I. A., & Nienhuis, C. P. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity Behavior and Well-Being of Canadians. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113899
  • Mitra, R., Moore, S. A., Gillespie, M., Faulkner, G., Vanderloo, L. M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Rhodes, R. E., Brussoni, M., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020). Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of the neighbourhood environment. Health & Place, 65, 102418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102418
  • Moore, S. A., Faulkner, G., Rhodes, R. E., Brussoni, M., Chulak-Bozzer, T., Ferguson, L. J., Mitra, R., O’Reilly, N., Spence, J. C., Vanderloo, L. M., & Tremblay, M. S. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey. The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17(1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-020-00987-8

Chilea

Reyes-Olavarría, D., Latorre-Román, P. Á., Guzmán-Guzmán, I. P., Jerez-Mayorga, D., Caamaño-Navarrete, F., & Delgado-Floody, P. (2020). Positive and Negative Changes in Food Habits, Physical Activity Patterns, and Weight Status during COVID-19 Confinement: Associated Factors in the Chilean Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155431

China

  • He, M., Xian, Y., Lv, X., He, J., & Ren, Y. (2020). Changes in Body Weight, Physical Activity, and Lifestyle During the Semi-lockdown Period After the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: An Online Survey. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.237
  • Wang, X., Lei, S. M., Le, S., Yang, Y., Zhang, B., Yao, W., Gao, Z., & Cheng, S. (2020). Bidirectional Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns on Health Behaviors and Quality of Life among Chinese Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155575
  • Zhang, Y., Zhang, H., Ma, X., & Di, Q. (2020). Mental Health Problems during the COVID-19 Pandemics and the Mitigation Effects of Exercise: A Longitudinal Study of College Students in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103722
  • Zhou, J., Yuan, X., Qi, H., Liu, R., Li, Y., Huang, H., Chen, X., & Wang, G. (2020). Prevalence of depression and its correlative factors among female adolescents in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. Globalization and Health, 16(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00601-3

Czech Republic

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La désirabilité sociale lors de la mesure subjective de l'activité physique

marty-mcfly-hoverboardLes lecteurs du blog se rappellent d’un article de février 2015 qui abordait l’effet de la désirabilité sociale (« l’adéquation connue des comportements observés ou anticipés d’une personne aux motivations ou aux affects réputés des membres typiques d’un collectif social ») sur la mesure par entretien de l’activité physique (AP) et sur son potentiel explicatif de l’écart entre mesure subjective et objective (accéléromètre) de l’AP.

Le hasard des lectures m’a fait découvrir des articles traitant aussi de ce sujet auprès de d’échantillons jeunes (1,2). Même si leur qualité méthodologique est moyenne, leurs résultats semblent contraires à ceux précédemment décrits (3).

Motl et al mesuraient la désirabilité sociale à partir de 2 questionnaires (i.e. Lie scale of Eysenck and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (SDS) et l’AP en utilisant le questionnaire de Godin et le Standford Usual Activity Questionnaire (1). L’échantillon comptait 782 sujets d’âge moyen de 22 ans et 297 femmes. L’échantillon est majoritairement composé « d’ethnie blanche » (n = 525). Les analyses corrélationnelles examinaient l’association entre chaque échelle respective pour la totalité de l’échantillon, les minorités et les sujets « blancs ». Le score total du Godin est positivement associé au score de SDS uniquement chez les sujets « blancs » (r = .11, p <.05). Pour le Standford, l’AP modérée et élevée était associée positivement (r = .08, p<.05) pour l’ensemble de l’échantillon. Le score à l’échelle Lie scale n’était significativement associé à aucune mesure de l’AP. Les auteurs concluent à une influence minimale de la désirabilité sociale sur les mesure d’AP par questionnaire chez les jeunes adultes. Ils soulignent que leurs résultats pourraient être contradictoires aux études précédentes car celles-ci évaluaient l’AP par entretien. Or dans ce cas, le phénomène de désirabilité sociale est plus amplifié.

La seconde étude au devis plus élaboré mais avec des analyses statistiques discutables incluait uniquement des adolescents de sexe masculin (n = 447) (2). L’association entre le score de SDS et la mesure d’AP par questionnaire (questionnaire non réellement validé) s’avère non significative.

Après ces lectures, on peut donc penser que la désirabilité sociale a un très faible effet sur la mesure de l’activité physique par questionnaire chez des jeunes adultes et adolescents.

1. Motl RW, McAuley E, DiStefano C. Is social desirability associated with self-reported physical activity? Prev Med. 2005 Jun;40(6):735–9.

2. Jago R, Baranowski T, Baranowski JC, Cullen KW, Thompson DI. Social desirability is associated with some physical activity, psychosocial variables and sedentary behavior but not self-reported physical activity among adolescent males. Health Educ Res. 2007 Jun 1;22(3):438–49.

3. Adams SA, Matthews CE, Ebbeling CB, Moore CG, Cunningham JE, Fulton J, et al. The effect of social desirability and social approval on self-reports of physical activity. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Feb 15;161(4):389–98.