The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health and Walking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Unadjusted and adjusted change in mental and physical health associated with changes in walking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher scores indicate better health. Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Table 1.

Walking Habits During COVID-19

Measure	Survey Item	Answer Choice
Perceived amount of time engaged in walking	^ Think about the time you spent walking in the past 7 days.* This includes at work and at home, walking to travel from place to place, and any other walking that you have done solely for recreation, sport, exercise, or leisure. During the past 7 days, on how many days did you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time?	0 to 7 days
	^ How much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days?*	Hours, minutes
Primary predictor	Is this amount of walking more or less than before the COVID-19 pandemic?	More, less, about the same, I did not walk

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics (n = 2042)

Characteristic	Walking Habits
Characteristic	More	Less	Same	Did not walk
N	174	573	1052	243
Mean age ± SD, year	61 ± 13	62 ± 13	65 ± 12	65 ± 12
Sex (female)	124 (71%)	408 (72%)	877 (60%)	192 (63%)
Race (White)	132 (79%)	416 (74%)	839 (81%)	190 (79%)
Ethnicity (Hispanic)	14 (8%)	57 (10%)	62 (6%)	15 (6%)
Employment (working)	65 (38%)	177 (31%)	292 (28%)	31 (13%)
Low household income ($<30K vs ≥$30K)	68 (41%)	283 (50%)	502 (49%)	141 (60%)
Marital status (married)	86 (50%)	262 (46%)	504 (48%)	105 (43%)
Number of chronic conditions median, IQR	4 (3, 5)	4 (3, 5)	4 (3, 5)	4 (3, 6)
Reside in urban census track	142 (82%)	492 (86%)	806 (77%)	197 (81%)
Census track social deprivation	53 ± 28	54 ± 29	51 ± 27	55 ± 27