Table 2 Mean rates of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and anxiety and depression symptom scores, among adolescents who participated in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 school years of the COMPASS Study in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec
Measure | 2017–18, n (%) | 2018–19, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full sample | Females only | Males only | χ2, t (p) | Full sample | Females only | Males only | χ2, t (p) | |
Physical activity | ||||||||
 Daily MVPA minutes, mean (SD) | 107.9 (78.6) | 98.5 (72.0) | 118.7 (84.2) | −19.6 (< 0.0001) | 101.9 (77.4) | 91.8 (70.1) | 113.7 (83.6) | −12.8 (< 0.0001) |
 Meets MVPA guidelines | 9300 (39.8) | 4129 (33.0) | 5171 (47.5) | 507.1 (< 0.0001) | 8888 (37.0) | 3926 (30.3) | 4962 (44.9) | 540.0 (< 0.0001) |
 Does not meet MVPA guidelines | 14,095 (60.2) | 8373 (67.0) | 5722 (52.5) | 15,119 (63.0) | 9019 (69.7) | 6100 (55.1) | ||
Anxiety symptoms | ||||||||
 GAD-7 score, mean (SD) | 5.9 (5.4) | 7.3 (5.7) | 4.3 (4.6) | 44.4 (< 0.0001) | 6.5 (5.6) | 8.0 (5.7) | 4.8 (4.9) | 47.5 (< 0.0001) |
 GAD-7 score ≥ 10 | 5150 (22.0) | 3786 (30.3) | 1364 (12.5) | 1069.7 (< 0.0001) | 6189 (25.8) | 4482 (34.6) | 1707 (15.4) | 1148.3 (< 0.0001) |
 GAD-7 score < 10 | 18,245 (78.0) | 8716 (69.7) | 9529 (87.5) | 17,818 (74.2) | 8463 (65.4) | 9355 (84.6) | ||
Depression symptoms | ||||||||
 CESD-R-10 score, mean (SD) | 8.1 (5.8) | 9.3 (6.2) | 6.8 (4.9) | 33.4 (< 0.0001) | 9.0 (6.0) | 10.2 (6.3) | 7.5 (5.4) | 35.8 (< 0.0001) |
 CESD-R-10 score ≥ 10 | 7470 (31.9) | 5024 (40.2) | 2446 (22.5) | 842.0 (< 0.0001) | 9241 (38.5) | 6180 (47.7) | 3061 (27.7) | 1014.7 (< 0.0001) |
 CESD-R-10 score < 10 | 15,925 (68.1) | 7478 (59.8) | 8447 (77.5) | 14,766 (61.5) | 6765 (52.3) | 8001 (72.3) | ||