Plekhanova, Tatiana; Rowlands, Alex V; Evans, Rachael A; Edwardson, Charlotte L; Bishop, Nicolette C; Bolton, Charlotte E; Chalmers, James D; Davies, Melanie J; Daynes, Enya; Dempsey, Paddy C; +37 more... Docherty, Annemarie B; Elneima, Omer; Greening, Neil J; Greenwood, Sharlene A; Hall, Andrew P; Harris, Victoria C; Harrison, Ewen M; Henson, Joseph; Ho, Ling-Pei; Horsley, Alex; Houchen-Wolloff, Linzy; Khunti, Kamlesh; Leavy, Olivia C; Lone, Nazir I; Marks, Michael; Maylor, Ben; McAuley, Hamish JC; Nolan, Claire M; Poinasamy, Krisnah; Quint, Jennifer K; Raman, Betty; Richardson, Matthew; Sargeant, Jack A; Saunders, Ruth M; Sereno, Marco; Shikotra, Aarti; Singapuri, Amisha; Steiner, Michael; Stensel, David J; Wain, Louise V; Whitney, Julie; Wootton, Dan G; Brightling, Christopher E; Man, William D-C; Singh, Sally J; Yates, Tom; Writing group (on behalf of the PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group); (2022) Device-assessed sleep and physical activity in individuals recovering from a hospital admission for COVID-19: a multicentre study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19 (1). 94-. ISSN 1479-5868 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01333-w
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: The number of individuals recovering from severe COVID-19 is increasing rapidly. However, little is known about physical behaviours that make up the 24-h cycle within these individuals. This study aimed to describe physical behaviours following hospital admission for COVID-19 at eight months post-discharge including associations with acute illness severity and ongoing symptoms. METHODS: One thousand seventy-seven patients with COVID-19 discharged from hospital between March and November 2020 were recruited. Using a 14-day wear protocol, wrist-worn accelerometers were sent to participants after a five-month follow-up assessment. Acute illness severity was assessed by the WHO clinical progression scale, and the severity of ongoing symptoms was assessed using four previously reported data-driven clinical recovery clusters. Two existing control populations of office workers and individuals with type 2 diabetes were comparators. RESULTS: Valid accelerometer data from 253 women and 462 men were included. Women engaged in a mean ± SD of 14.9 ± 14.7 min/day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), with 12.1 ± 1.7 h/day spent inactive and 7.2 ± 1.1 h/day asleep. The values for men were 21.0 ± 22.3 and 12.6 ± 1.7 h /day and 6.9 ± 1.1 h/day, respectively. Over 60% of women and men did not have any days containing a 30-min bout of MVPA. Variability in sleep timing was approximately 2 h in men and women. More severe acute illness was associated with lower total activity and MVPA in recovery. The very severe recovery cluster was associated with fewer days/week containing continuous bouts of MVPA, longer total sleep time, and higher variability in sleep timing. Patients post-hospitalisation with COVID-19 had lower levels of physical activity, greater sleep variability, and lower sleep efficiency than a similarly aged cohort of office workers or those with type 2 diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Those recovering from a hospital admission for COVID-19 have low levels of physical activity and disrupted patterns of sleep several months after discharge. Our comparative cohorts indicate that the long-term impact of COVID-19 on physical behaviours is significant.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research |
Research Centre | Covid-19 Research |
PubMed ID | 35902858 |
Elements ID | 181798 |
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