Moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior changes in self-isolating adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a cross-sectional survey exploring correlates

  1. Felipe Barreto Schuch
  2. Rugero A. Bulzing
  3. Jacob Meyer
  4. Guillermo F. López-Sánchez
  5. Igor Grabovac
  6. Peter Willeit
  7. Davy Vancampfort
  8. Cristina M. Caperchione
  9. Kabir P. Sadarangani
  10. André O. Werneck
  11. Philip B. Ward
  12. Mark Tully
  13. Lee Smith

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  1. Version published to 10.1007/s11332-021-00788-x
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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: The study was approved by the Federal University of Santa Maria Research Ethics Committee and by the National Commission of Ethics in Research [CONEP] (30244620.1.0000.5346).
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variableThe factors included in the models were (sex [male versus female], age [young adults (18-34 years) versus middle-age adults (35-54 years) versus older adults (55-65 years)], ethnicity [Caucasian versus Asian/Black/mixed/others], marital status [married versus single/divorced/widowed], employment [employed/students/military versus unemployed/retired], monthly household income [R$11,261], current smoking [yes versus no], alcohol consumption [yes versus no], self-reported previous diagnosis of any chronic diseases [yes versus no] or any mental disorders [yes versus no]).

    Table 2: Resources

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    All analyses were performed using SPSS (v. 21).
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    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    The present study has some limitations. First, MVPA and SB were assessed using self-reported questionnaires. Self-reported questionnaires are commonly associated with overestimations of MVPA37 and underestimation of SB38. Second, pre-pandemic MVPA and SB were assessed retrospectively, and both can be susceptible to memory bias. Third, the representativeness of the sample is limited. However, participants were drawn from 24 of the 27 federative units of Brazil, with more than half of participants from the Rio Grande do Sul, 14% from the Rio de Janeiro, and about 6% from Ceará. Also, some groups such as adults aging 55-64, Asian and Black people, and those with a household income lower than

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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