Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our working environment and divided workers into essential or nonessential statuses. Employment status is a major factor determining the amount of physical activity performed. Our purpose was to understand how employment status affects physical activity and sitting time. Methods: Between April 13 and May 4, 2020, 735 full-time employed individuals responded to a survey investigating daily life and overall health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants reported how much physical activity they had performed in the last 7 days. Multiple linear regressions were performed for physical activity and sitting time. Results: Physical activity was not associated with employment status. An interaction effect between hours worked and employment status was found for sitting time. Conclusions: Employment status was not related to physical activity; however, it did affect the amount of time spent sitting, with nonessential employees sitting more and working more hours than essential employees. Because greater amounts of daily total sitting time have been associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, it is important that increased sitting time be attenuated by greater physical activity.

背景： COVID-19 大流行改变了我们的工作环境，并将工人分为基本或非基本状态。就业状况是决定身体活动量的主要因素。我们的目的是了解就业状况如何影响身体活动和就坐时间。方法：在 2020 年 4 月 13 日至 5 月 4 日期间，735 名全职雇员对一项调查 COVID-19 大流行期间日常生活和整体健康状况的调查做出了回应。参与者报告了他们在过去 7 天内进行了多少体育锻炼。对身体活动和就坐时间进行了多元线性回归。结果：身体活动与就业状况无关。就坐时间发现了工作时间和就业状况之间的交互作用。结论：就业状况与体力活动无关；然而，它确实影响了坐着的时间，非必要的员工比重要的员工坐得更多，工作时间也更长。由于每日总就坐时间的增加与全因死亡风险的增加有关，因此增加的久坐时间可以通过更多的体力活动来减少，这一点很重要。