Comparison of the level of physical activity after the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11130/24:10477326

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=.LE6q4WY01" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=.LE6q4WY01</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-024-00833-5" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13102-024-00833-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of the level of physical activity after the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Original language description

BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with limited physical activity (PA) of most of the world&apos;s population. This cross-sectional prospective study aimed to assess the levels of PA of university students in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia after COVID-19 using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF). METHODS: A total of 2635 students completed questionnaires regarding their PA levels using the IPAQ-SF between September and December 2022. RESULTS: PA measured by metabolic equivalent of task (MET) scores, varied between the three countries: Slovakia median MET-minutes/week score 4459.9; Czech Republic 3838.8 Poland 3567.1. The results of the post hoc analysis revealed there were significant differences in MET-minutes/week values between the Czech Republic and Poland (p &lt; 0.035) as well as between the Czech Republic and Slovakia (p &lt; 0.037). The analysis of energetic expenditure during walking revealed that students from the Czech Republic and Slovakia had higher median MET-min/weeks values (Czech 2284.1; Slovak 2467.1) compared to their Polish (1536.1) peers (p &lt; 0.001). Polish cohort presented with significantly higher body mass index (BMI) (p &lt; 0.001) than Czech and Slovak groups (BMI Czech: 22.3; Slovak 22.8; Polish 23.8). CONCLUSIONS: Significant differences in PA levels between the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia university students were identified. Slovakia showed the highest median PA measured as a MET score, and Poland showed the lowest. Compared to available pre-COVID studies it seems the total level of PA in the observed cohorts has not returned to the pre-COVID levels and students remain less active.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

ISSN

2052-1847

e-ISSN

2052-1847

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

47

UT code for WoS article

001163307100003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85185328020