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ProfessorFrankKelly

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8098 ext 48098frank.kelly Website

 
 
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Sir Michael Uren HubWhite City Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Scales:2023:10.1123/jpah.2022-0434,
author = {Scales, J and Chavda, J and Ikeda, E and Tsocheva, I and Dove, RE and Wood, HE and Kalsi, H and Colligan, G and Griff, L and Day, B and Crichlow, C and Keighley, A and Fletcher, M and Newby, C and Tomini, F and Balkwill, F and Mihaylova, B and Grigg, J and Beevers, S and Eldridge, S and Sheikh, A and Gauderman, J and Kelly, F and Randhawa, G and Mudway, IS and van, Sluijs E and Griffiths, CJ},
doi = {10.1123/jpah.2022-0434},
journal = {Journal of Physical Activity and Health},
pages = {639--647},
title = {Device-measured change in physical activity in primary school children during the UK COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a longitudinal study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0434},
volume = {20},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: Lockdown measures, including school closures, due to the COVID-19 pandemic have caused widespread disruption to children’s lives. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of a national lockdown on children’s physical activity using seasonally matched accelerometry data. Methods: Using a pre/post observational design, 179 children aged 8 to 11 years provided physical activity data measured using hip-worn triaxial accelerometers worn for 5 consecutive days prepandemic and during the January to March 2021 lockdown. Multilevel regression analyses adjusted for covariates were used to assess the impact of lockdown on time spent in sedentary and moderate to vigorous physical activity. Results: A 10.8-minute reduction in daily time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (standard error: 2.3 min/d, P < .001) and a 33.2-minute increase in daily sedentary activity (standard error: 5.5 min/d, P < .001) were observed during lockdown. This reflected a reduction in daily moderate to vigorous physical activity for those unable to attend school (−13.1 [2.3] min/d, P < .001) during lockdown, with no significant change for those who continued to attend school (0.4 [4.0] min/d, P < .925). Conclusion: These findings suggest that the loss of in-person schooling was the single largest impact on physical activity in this cohort of primary school children in London, Luton, and Dunstable, United Kingdom.
AU  - Scales,J
AU  - Chavda,J
AU  - Ikeda,E
AU  - Tsocheva,I
AU  - Dove,RE
AU  - Wood,HE
AU  - Kalsi,H
AU  - Colligan,G
AU  - Griff,L
AU  - Day,B
AU  - Crichlow,C
AU  - Keighley,A
AU  - Fletcher,M
AU  - Newby,C
AU  - Tomini,F
AU  - Balkwill,F
AU  - Mihaylova,B
AU  - Grigg,J
AU  - Beevers,S
AU  - Eldridge,S
AU  - Sheikh,A
AU  - Gauderman,J
AU  - Kelly,F
AU  - Randhawa,G
AU  - Mudway,IS
AU  - van,Sluijs E
AU  - Griffiths,CJ
DO  - 10.1123/jpah.2022-0434
EP  - 647
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1543-3080
SP  - 639
TI  - Device-measured change in physical activity in primary school children during the UK COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a longitudinal study
T2  - Journal of Physical Activity and Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0434
UR  - https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jpah/20/7/article-p639.xml
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/110122
VL  - 20
ER  -
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