Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning
The health and social crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted society as a whole. In the educational context, social isolation and remote learning may have exacerbated unhealthy behaviors among high school students, such as excessive screen time an...
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| author | Elias dos Santos Batista Helder Xavier Bezerra Gabriel Pereira Maciel Alesandra Araújo de Souza Marcela Rodrigues de Castro Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho Rodrigo Ramalho Aniceto |
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| description | The health and social crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted society as a whole. In the educational context, social isolation and remote learning may have exacerbated unhealthy behaviors among high school students, such as excessive screen time and poor sleep quality. This study aimed to analyze the impact of remote learning and its consequences on students' physical activity levels, accumulated screen time, and sleep quality. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 995 high school students, with a mean age of 22.34 ± 7.46, encompassing all 20 academic units of the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Brazil. Data were collected between September 8 and November 29, 2021. An online questionnaire was structured, including recall information about behaviors before and during remote learning. Validated instruments were used to measure physical activity levels (IPAQ), exposure to recreational screen time, and sleep quality (MSQ). During remote learning, participants were more likely to be physically inactive (OR: 1.45, p-value<0.001), have more than two hours of screen time (OR: 1.77, p-value<0.001), and experience poorer sleep quality (OR: 1.68, p-value<0.001). These behavioral changes reflect the impact of adopting remote learning on students' routines and health, highlighting the importance of social and educational organization with preventive approaches and interventions focused on health behaviors during public health challenges like this. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7aaf114dd5bc4e83b0203b1cf7b9ddd02025-08-20T03:30:08ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902024-12-014810.15343/0104-7809.202448e16682024P2200Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learningElias dos Santos Batista0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-6564Helder Xavier Bezerra1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-6185Gabriel Pereira Maciel2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4141-1995Alesandra Araújo de Souza3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0303-169XMarcela Rodrigues de Castro4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3771-1386Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4769-4068Rodrigo Ramalho Aniceto6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-8331Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Biomecânica e PsicoFisiologia do Exercício, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – GETEPS/IFRN. Caicó; Nova Cruz/RN, Brasil.Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Biomecânica e PsicoFisiologia do Exercício, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – GETEPS/IFRN. Caicó; Nova Cruz/RN, Brasil.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina – PPGEF/UFSC. Florianópolis/SC, Brasil.Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Biomecânica e PsicoFisiologia do Exercício, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – GETEPS/IFRN. Caicó; Nova Cruz/RN, Brasil.Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Biomecânica e PsicoFisiologia do Exercício, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – GETEPS/IFRN. Caicó; Nova Cruz/RN, Brasil.Grupo de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Atividade Física, Saúde e Escola, Universidade Estadual do Ceará – GRAFES/UECE. Fortaleza/ CE, Brasil.Grupo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Biomecânica e PsicoFisiologia do Exercício, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte – GETEPS/IFRN. Caicó; Nova Cruz/RN, Brasil.The health and social crisis triggered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly impacted society as a whole. In the educational context, social isolation and remote learning may have exacerbated unhealthy behaviors among high school students, such as excessive screen time and poor sleep quality. This study aimed to analyze the impact of remote learning and its consequences on students' physical activity levels, accumulated screen time, and sleep quality. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 995 high school students, with a mean age of 22.34 ± 7.46, encompassing all 20 academic units of the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Brazil. Data were collected between September 8 and November 29, 2021. An online questionnaire was structured, including recall information about behaviors before and during remote learning. Validated instruments were used to measure physical activity levels (IPAQ), exposure to recreational screen time, and sleep quality (MSQ). During remote learning, participants were more likely to be physically inactive (OR: 1.45, p-value<0.001), have more than two hours of screen time (OR: 1.77, p-value<0.001), and experience poorer sleep quality (OR: 1.68, p-value<0.001). These behavioral changes reflect the impact of adopting remote learning on students' routines and health, highlighting the importance of social and educational organization with preventive approaches and interventions focused on health behaviors during public health challenges like this.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/1668pandemicphysical exercisephysical inactivitysleepsedentary behavior |
| spellingShingle | Elias dos Santos Batista Helder Xavier Bezerra Gabriel Pereira Maciel Alesandra Araújo de Souza Marcela Rodrigues de Castro Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho Rodrigo Ramalho Aniceto Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning O Mundo da Saúde pandemic physical exercise physical inactivity sleep sedentary behavior |
| title | Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| title_full | Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| title_fullStr | Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| title_short | Physical activity, screen time, and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| title_sort | physical activity screen time and sleep quality of students during remote learning |
| topic | pandemic physical exercise physical inactivity sleep sedentary behavior |
| url | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/1668 |
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