Changes in Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic—An Analysis of Differences Based on Mitigation Policies and Incidence Values in the Federal States of Germany
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Procedure and Study Participants
2.3. Measures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Länder | Mean 7-Day Incidence Value Per 100,000 Inhabitants | Policy Index | Changes in PA in hrs/Week |
---|---|---|---|
Overall/mean | 38.7 | 17.3 | −0.03 |
Berlin (BE) | 85.2 | 19.5 | −1.29 |
Hesse (HE) | 61.3 | 15.0 | −0.24 |
Northrhine-Westphalia (NW) | 60.5 | 16.0 | −0.07 |
Bavaria (BY) | 48.2 | 23.5 | −0.10 |
Baden-Württemberg (BW) | 46.7 | 22.0 | −0.50 |
Hamburg (HH) | 43.4 | 20.8 | −0.28 |
Saxony (SN) | 37.3 | 14.0 | 0.49 |
Rhineland Palatinate (RP) | 37.0 | 19.5 | 0.43 |
Lower Saxony (NI) | 31.0 | 18.0 | 0.33 |
Thuringia (TH) | 22.3 | 12.5 | 0.63 |
Brandenburg (BB) | 21.8 | 15.0 | −0.12 |
Schleswig-Holstein (SH) | 18.8 | 15.3 | −0.56 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV) | 15.5 | 17.0 | 0.34 |
Saxony-Anhalt (ST) | 15.1 | 13.5 | 0.53 |
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Beck, F.; Mutz, M.; Engels, E.S.; Reimers, A.K. Changes in Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic—An Analysis of Differences Based on Mitigation Policies and Incidence Values in the Federal States of Germany. Sports 2021, 9, 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070102
Beck F, Mutz M, Engels ES, Reimers AK. Changes in Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic—An Analysis of Differences Based on Mitigation Policies and Incidence Values in the Federal States of Germany. Sports. 2021; 9(7):102. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070102
Chicago/Turabian StyleBeck, Franziska, Michael Mutz, Eliane Stephanie Engels, and Anne Kerstin Reimers. 2021. "Changes in Physical Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic—An Analysis of Differences Based on Mitigation Policies and Incidence Values in the Federal States of Germany" Sports 9, no. 7: 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9070102