Sedentary Screen Time in Working Adults Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the sedentary screen time (SST) of working individuals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two hundred eighty-nine female and 313 male, a total of 602 (aged between 18-64 years) working adults participated in this study. In order to calculate the duration of sedentary behavior (SB) at work and home, participants were asked to complete the work and household indexes of the Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (PAAQ) for Turkish people developed by Karaca et al. (2000). The results of statistical analyses indicated that recreational sedentary screen time (recreational SST) during COVID-19 was higher than before COVID-19 in both genders, in all age groups and all income groups (p <0.05). Sedentary screen time at work during COVID-19 was lower than before COVID-19 in both genders aged between 45-64 of moderate and high income groups (p <0.05). There were no significant differences between before and during COVID-19 in work-related SST at home at all income levels (p >0.05). As a result, it was concluded that the SST in the workplace during COVID-19 decreased by about two hours per week, while recreational SST increased by about 10 hours per week compared to the period before COVID-19.

Keywords

• Sedentary screen time
• working adults
• COVID-19

COVID-19 Salgını Öncesinde ve Sırasında Çalışan Yetişkin Bireylerin Sedanter Ekran Süreleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, çalışan bireylerin COVID-19 pandemisi öncesinde ve sırasında sedanter olarak geçirdikleri ekran sürelerinin incelenmesidir. Çalışmaya 18-64 yaşları arasında olan 289 kadın ve 313 erkek olmak üzere toplam 602 çalışan birey katılmıştır. İşyerinde ve evde harcanan sedanter sürenin hesaplanabilmesi için katılımcılardan Karaca ve diğ., (2000) tarafından geliştirilen Fiziksel Aktivite Değerlendirme Anketi'nin (FADA) iş ve ev işleri indekslerini doldurmaları istenmiştir. Her iki cinsiyette, tüm yaş gruplarında ve tüm gelir gruplarında COVID-19 sırasındaki rekreasyonel sedanter ekran süresi, COVID-19 öncesinden daha yüksektir (p <0.05). Her iki cinsiyette, 45-64 yaş grubunda, orta ve yüksek gelir düzeyinde COVID-19 sırasındaki işyerindeki ekran süresinin, COVID-19 öncesinden daha düşüktür (p <0.05). Evde iş ile ilgili sedanter ekran süresinde COVID-19 öncesi ve sırası arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmamıştır (p >0.05). Sonuç olarak; COVID-19 öncesi döneme göre COVID-19 sırasında işyerindeki ekran süresinin haftada yaklaşık iki saat azaldığı, rekreasyonel sedanter ekran süresinin ise haftada yaklaşık 10 saat arttığı sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

• Sedenter ekran süresi
• çalışan bireyler
• COVID-19

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