Sedentary Activity Level of Junior High School Students in Surabaya during the Covid 19 Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the level of passive activity of Surabaya Junior High School students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research design is cross-sectional; one hundred fifty-one respondents from SMP 59 Surabaya were recruited as samples in this study. The variable measured in this study is a passive activity in junior high school students in Surabaya. Respondents fill out a questionnaire on a google form taken from the ASAQ instrument to determine sedentary activity level. The results showed that passive activity was in the low category of 95.36% in SAWd and 79.47% in SAWe. The high class is only 4.64% on SAWd and 20.53 on sale. Independent sample t-test also showed significantly different results for sedentary activity on weekdays (SAWd) and weekends (SAWe) (p<0.05). In conclusion, During the COVID-19 pandemic, the passive movement of junior high school students in Surabaya was still dominant in the low category. However, the time for passive activity on weekends was more significant than on weekdays.