Behavioural change towards reduced intensity physical activity is disproportionately prevalent among adults with serious health issues or self-perception of high risk during the UK COVID-19 lockdown.

Roberts, Chrissy; Rogers, Nina; Waterlow, Naomi; Brindle, Hannah; Enria, Luisa; Lees, Shelley

Behavioural change towards reduced intensity physical activity is disproportionately prevalent among adults with serious health issues or self-perception of high risk during the UK COVID-19 lockdown.

Roberts, C

; Rogers, N; Waterlow, N

; Brindle, H

; Enria, L

and Lees, S

(2021). Behavioural change towards reduced intensity physical activity is disproportionately prevalent among adults with serious health issues or self-perception of high risk during the UK COVID-19 lockdown. [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.00002091.

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Quantitative data on physical activity and health behaviours during the UK COVID-19 lockdown. The anonymous web-based survey was performed between 6th April and 22 April 2020, approximately mapping to weeks 3-5 of the lockdown in the UK. The main survey included 49 questions which covered a broad range of topics including (1) Demographics, (2) Health and Health Behaviours, (3) Adherence to COVID-19 Control measures, (4) Information sources used to learn about COVID-19, (5) Trust in various information sources, government and government decision-making, (6) Rumours and misinformation, (7) Contact & Communication during COVID-19 and (8) Fear and Isolation. This data set includes 20 variables and 9,190 responses. It relates to medRxiv submission MEDRXIV/2020/098921 - Version 1.

Keywords

COVID-19; Physical Activity; Health Behaviours

Item Type	Dataset
Resource Type	Resource Type Resource Description Dataset Quantitative
Description of data capture	The survey was publicised using a ‘daisy-chaining’ approach in which respondents were asked to share and to encourage onward sharing of the survey’s Uniform Resource Locator (URL) among friends & colleagues. The study team directly targeted a number of faith institutions, schools and special interest groups and also used Facebook’s premium “Boost Post” feature. A “boosted” post functions as an advert which can be targeted at specific demographics. We boosted details of the survey and it’s URL to a target audience of 113,280 Facebook users aged 13-65+ years and living in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Participants were also provided with URL links to a set of freely available summary reports and analyses which were periodically updated in near-real time. We used an ODK XForm (https://getodk.github.io/xforms-spec/) deployed on Enketo smart paper (https://enketo.org/) via ODK Aggregate v.2.0.3 (https://github.com/getodk/aggregate). Form level encryption and end-to-end encryption of data transfer were implemented on all submissions.
Capture method	Questionnaire
Collection Period	From To 6 April 2020 22 April 2020
Date	5 February 2021
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)	North East South West 59.4548 1.5399 49.8503 -5.66713 55.34 -4.78822 53.9156 -8.08412 58.7553 -3.33803 55.5394 -7.82045 61.025 1.0565 59.0278 -2.72279
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Roberts, C ; Rogers, N; Waterlow, N ; Brindle, H ; Enria, L and Lees, S
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023) Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Research Group	LSHTM Global Health Analytics Group
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; University College London, London, United Kingdom; University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI The Emergency and Epidemic Data Kit (EDK) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) PR-OD-1017-20001 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272 Anthropological Exploration of Facilitators and Barriers to Vaccine Deployment and Administration During Disease Outbreaks (AViD) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) PHGHZO4113 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
Date Deposited	01 Mar 2021 17:08
Last Modified	23 Jun 2026 11:00
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Available Versions of this Item	Behavioural change towards reduced intensity physical activity is disproportionately prevalent among adults with serious health issues or self-perception of high risk during the UK COVID-19 lockdown. (deposited 26 May 2020 10:25) Behavioural change towards reduced intensity physical activity is disproportionately prevalent among adults with serious health issues or self-perception of high risk during the UK COVID-19 lockdown. (deposited 01 Mar 2021 17:08) [Currently Displayed]

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Behavioral Change Towards Reduced Intensity Physical Activity Is Disproportionately Prevalent Among Adults With Serious Health Issues or Self-Perception of High Risk During the UK COVID-19 Lockdown

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