Comparison of exercise and physical activity routine and health status among apparently healthy Nigerian adults before and during COVID-19 lockdown: a self-report by social media users

Abstract

A total of 205 subjects who were physiotherapists, medical laboratory scientists, Civil servants, students, housewives, and businessmen participated in the study. A simple majority of the subjects were male (53.7%, n = 110), and 46.3% (n = 95) were female. The mean age, weight, and height of the subjects were 31.79 ± 8.38 years, 70.52 ± 15.33 kg, and 1.68 ± 0.12 m, respectively. A simple majority (49.3%) of the subjects were civil servants (n = 101). The mean duration in minutes, it took the subjects to complete the electronic survey was 12.18 ± 18.66 min (Table 1). Seventy-one (34.6%) of the subject engaged in walking exercise, and 30.2% engaged in jogging (n = 62). Some subjects about 22.9% (n = 47) engaged in a combination of aerobic, weight lifting, and abdominal exercises, or play sports like badminton. Only a few of the subject engaged in dancing (n = 16), skipping (n = 5), cycling (n = 3), and swimming (n = 1). A majority of the subjects were of ages 18–30 (n = 97), followed by 31–40 (n = 80), 41–50 (n = 24) and 51–60 (n = 4).