Clinical trial NCT04361019: Physical Activity in University Students Around COVID-19 Confinement
Official title: Physical Activity in University Students Around COVID-19 Confinement: Determinants and Consequences on Health Status and Quality of Life
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Physical Activity
Keywords: University Students
Survey
COVID-19
Confinement
Physical Activity
Quality of Life
Health
Sleep
Pain
Lead sponsor: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Cadiz
name: University of Extremadura
name: Universidad de Zaragoza
name: Universidad de Granada
name: University of Castilla-La Mancha
name: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
name: Universidad de León
name: University of Seville
name: University of Valencia
name: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
name: Technical University of Madrid
name: Universidad Pública de Navarra
name: University of the Balearic Islands
name: Universitat Jaume I
name: University of Cantabria
First posted: 2020-04-24
Enrollment: 14000
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All University students from the 16 Universities participating in the study will be invited to answer the online survey. The total amount of students in the 16 universities is around 500,000. The sample will include students in different academic degrees: bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctorate degree or any other University studies.

Brief summary: The period of confinement due to COVID-19 may lead to reduced physical activity levels with negative consequences for health and quality of life in the short and long term, in case the sedentary habits are maintained over time. It is therefore essential to know the physical activity and health habits of university students during the confinement, as it could help in the design of effective strategies for the post-confinement period, as well as for any similar future situations. The general objective of the study is to know how university students have adapted their physical activity and health habits to the situation of confinement generated by COVID-19, as well as to identify the determining factors and the possible consequences. It is expected that there will be modifications in the patterns of physical activity in this situation, which could vary based on sociodemographic and economic determinants, and could affect parameters of health and quality of life. A survey will be sent to all students by email through the corresponding vice-rectorates of the sixteen participating universities (https://covid19.ehu.es/). The survey will be completed "online" anonymously. Among those participants who wish to keep participating in the study, a follow-up will be carried out one month and one year after the end of the confinement period. In this case, those subjects must indicate their willingness to keep participating and provide a contact email. The follow-up period will allow to know how physical activity and health habits are modified in the long term.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* University students of any degree (bachellor's degree, master's degree, doctorate degree or any other University studies

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: : International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form
timeFrame: April-May, 2020
measure: : International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form
timeFrame: June 2020
measure: : International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Subjective Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration domains
timeFrame: April-May, 2020
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Subjective Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration domains
timeFrame: June, 2020
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: Subjective Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration domains
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
measure: Short Form 36 Health Survey: Bodily Pain domain
timeFrame: April-May 2020
measure: Short Form 36 Health Survey: Bodily Pain domain
timeFrame: June, 2020
measure: Short Form 36 Health Survey: Bodily Pain domain
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
measure: EuroQol 5D: Self rated health
timeFrame: April-May, 2020
measure: EuroQol 5D: Self rated health
timeFrame: June, 2020
measure: EuroQol 5D: Self rated health
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
Other outcomes:
measure: Sociodemographic outcomes
timeFrame: April-May, 2020
measure: Sociodemographic outcomes
timeFrame: June, 2020
measure: Sociodemographic outcomes
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
measure: COVID-19 related factors
timeFrame: April-May, 2020
measure: COVID-19 related factors
timeFrame: June, 2020
measure: COVID-19 related factors
timeFrame: April-May, 2021
Locations:
city: Bilbao
country: Spain
facility: Basque Country University (UPV-EHU),
state: Bizkaia
Study officials:
affiliation: Basque Country University (UPV-EHU), Leioa, Bizkaia, 48940, Spain
name: Jon Irazusta, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bassett DR Jr. International physical activity questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Aug;35(8):1396. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000078923.96621.1D. No abstract available.
citation: Rodriguez-Munoz S, Corella C, Abarca-Sos A, Zaragoza J. Validation of three short physical activity questionnaires with accelerometers among university students in Spain. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2017 Dec;57(12):1660-1668. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.17.06665-8. Epub 2017 Mar 1.