Minoru Yamada|Yosuke Kimura|Daisuke Ishiyama|Yuhei Otobe|Mizue Suzuki|Shingo Koyama|Takashi Kikuchi|Haruhiko Kusumi|Hidenori Arai
Effect of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Physical Activity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey
University of Tsukuba|Otsuka (Japan)|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|University of Tsukuba|National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
objective study investigate changes physical activity pa january covid19 epidemic april covid19 epidemic 2020 communitydwelling older adults japancrosssectional online surveyfrom april 23 27 2020 online survey completed 1600 communitydwelling older adults japanwe assessed frailty status using kihon checklist demographics asked questions regarding pa two time points january april 2020 defined total pa time minutes per week based activity frequency timethe study participants mean age proportion women prevalence frailty 74056 years 50 n800 243 n388 respectively found significant decrease total pa time april 2020 median interquartile range iqr 180 0 420 compared january 2020 median iqr 245 90 480 p0001 also performed subgroup analysis according frailty category total pa time significantly decreased april 2020 compared january 2020 frailty categories p0001in conclusion due covid19 epidemic total pa time april 2020 significantly decreased compared january 2020 older adults finding may lead higher incidence disability near future older people