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Table 1 Sample’s sociodemographic and mental health characteristics and movement behaviour changes during COVID-19 pandemic (May–June 2020)

From: Sociodemographic and mental health characteristics associated with changes in movement behaviours due to the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents

N = 7349

% or mean (SD)

Age (years)

15.0 (1.5)

Gender

 Female

61.3

 Male

36.9

 Other

0.9

Mental health

 Excellent

24.7

 Very good

31.6

 Good

24.4

 Fair

13.8

 Poor

5.5

Race/ethnicity

 White

78.0

 Asian

6.8

 Black

3.2

 Latin American/Hispanic

1.6

 Other/mixed

10.3

Median income ($)

 25,000–50,000

15.0

 50,001–75,000

61.1

 75,001–100,000

22.5

 > 100,000

1.4

CESD-R-10a

8.9 (6.2)

GAD-7b

6.2 (5.5)

FLOURISHc

32.7 (5.6)

TV viewing

 Increase

76.2

 Decrease

3.7

 No change

20.1

Social media

 Increase

63.2

 Decrease

5.2

 No change

31.6

PA

 Increase

30.3

 Decrease

39.1

 No change

30.6

Sleep

 Increase

41.7

 Decrease

23.5

 No change

34.8

  1. CESD-R-10 Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (Revised)-10, GAD7 Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale, FLOURISH Diener’s Flourishing Scale
  2. aScale ranging from 0 to 30 measuring depression symptoms where higher scores represent greater frequency of symptoms
  3. bScale ranging from 0 to 21 measuring anxiety symptoms where higher scores represent greater frequency of symptoms
  4. cScale ranging from 8 to 41 measuring psychological functioning where higher scores represent poorer functioning