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Table 4 Perceptions of social media and use of social media for physical activity, diet, and quality of life during lockdown for the whole sample and split by COVID category

From: Social media use informing behaviours related to physical activity, diet and quality of life during COVID-19: a mixed methods study

 

All

SI

W

H

 

n = 786

n = 62

n = 190

n = 527

SM good source

 Strongly Disagree

50 (6)

7 (11)

13 (7)

30 (6)

 Disagree

95 (12)

2 (3.2)

29 (15)

63 (12)

 Neutral

303 (39)

32 (52)

61 (32)

207 (39)

 Agree

267 (34)

16 (26)

67 (35)

183 (35)

 Strongly agree

65 (8)

3 (5)

20 (11)

41 (8)

 Missing

6 (1)

2 (3)

 

3 (1)

SM good source for PA

 Strongly Disagree

51 (7)

4 (7)

11 (6)

36 (7)

 Disagree

101 (13)

10 (16)

23 (12)

67 (13)

 Neutral

303 (39)

21 (34)

71 (37)

195 (37)

 Agree

260 (33)

19 (31)

67 (35)

172 (33)

 Strongly agree

77 (10)

5 (8)

18 (10)

54 (10)

 Missing

8 (1)

3 (5)

 

3 (1)

See SM post on PA

 No

275 (35)

32 (52)

60 (32)

181 (34)

 Yes

511 (65)

30 (48)

130 (68)

346 (66)

 Acted on post

302 (41)

14 (43)

69 (53)

219 (63)

SM good source for diet

 Strongly Disagree

48 (6)

4 (7)

10 (5)

34 (7)

 Disagree

133 (17)

15 (24)

27 (14)

91 (17)

 Neutral

384 (49)

26 (42)

98 (52)

257 (49)

 Agree

193 (23)

12 (19)

49 (26)

121 (23)

 Strongly agree

26 (3)

1 (2)

6 (3)

18 (3)

 Missing

12 (2)

4 (6)

 

6 (1)

See SM post on diet

 No

366 (47)

36 (58)

84 (44)

246 (47)

 Yes

416 (53)

26 (42)

106 (56)

280 (53)

 Acted on post

233 (56)

14 (54)

54 (51)

164 (59)

SM good source for QoL

 Strongly Disagree

60 (8)

2 (3)

18 (10)

40 (8)

 Disagree

141 (18)

11 (18)

29 (15)

101 (19)

 Neutral

388 (49)

29 (47)

97 (51)

259 (49)

 Agree

165 (21)

15 (24)

41 (22)

108 (21)

 Strongly agree

17 (2)

1 (2)

2 (1)

13 (3)

 Missing

15 (2)

4 (6)

3 (2)

6 (1)

See SM post on QoL

 No

552 (70)

48 (77)

130 (68)

367 (70)

 Yes

234 (30)

14 (23)

60 (32)

160 (30)

 Acted on post

124 (53)

4 (29)

30 (50)

90 (56)

  1. Note: all data presented as number (%); SI Self Isolating, W Leaving home to work, H Working or Studying from Home, SM Social Media, PA Physical Activity, QoL Quality of Life